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History[edit | edit source]

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Tribes and Bands (First Nations) of British Columbia[edit | edit source]

Map depicting general distribution of tribes in British Columbia can be found at British Columbia Ministry of Education

Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]

List of Indian Tribes in British Columbia and other locations in Canada and the United States, from the University of British Columbia Library.

A timeline of historic events is located at British Columbia History

Records[edit | edit source]

The "Ahousat" Indians Reserve located on Flores Island off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Record contains some birth, marriage and death records. FHL Film: 924503

References[edit | edit source]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Jenness, Diamond. Indians of Canada. National Museum of Canada, Bulletin 65, Anthropological Series No. 15

Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145

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-==== '''Brief History of the Kwakiutl'''<br> ====
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Kwakiutl people were a group of loosely knit but culturally related tribes. They lived on northern Vancouver Island, stretching along both sides of Queen Charlotte sound.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Kwakiutl were strict about how property and rank were passed down.&nbsp; The more northern people passed it through the mother.&nbsp; The southern people passed it through the daughter's husband to the grandchild.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; First contact with Europeans may have been as early as 1640.&nbsp; Certainly they had contact with sailing expeditions in 1775.&nbsp; Subsequent contact with ships, overland explorers and traders became more frequent. When the Hudson Bay Company established a post at Victoria there was a major impact on all peoples in the area.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In more recent times, two groups became distinct from the main group – the Komoyue and Matilpe – and were enumerated separately by the Canadian government.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As with other tribes in the area, European diseases took a heavy toll on the population even before first contact. Population estimates before first contact are unreliable. There were 1,257 in 1906.&nbsp; The Canadian government reported 2,090 in 1909.&nbsp; In 1924, the population was under 2000.
 == Tribes and Bands (First Nations) of British Columbia  ==