Cowichan Tribes, the Glossary

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1. 28 relations: Area code 250, Band government, British Columbia, British Columbia Treaty Process, Coast Salish, Cowichan Bay, Cowichan Indian Reserve No. 1, Cowichan knitting, Cowichan Lake, Cowichan Valley, Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Daylight saving time in Canada, Duncan, British Columbia, First Nations in Canada, Fraser River, Gulf Islands, Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group, Indian Act, Indian reserve, Koksilah River, List of regional districts of British Columbia, List of sovereign states, Provinces and territories of Canada, Quamichan, Shawnigan Lake (British Columbia), Somena, Time zone, Vancouver Island.

Area code 250

Area code 250 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver Island–home to the provincial capital, Victoria–and the province's Interior region.

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Band government

In Canada, an Indian band (bande indienne), First Nation band (bande de la Première Nation) or simply band, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act (i.e. status Indians or First Nations).

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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British Columbia Treaty Process

The British Columbia Treaty Process (BCTP) is a land claims negotiation process started in 1993 to resolve outstanding issues, including claims to un-extinguished indigenous rights, with British Columbia's First Nations.

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Coast Salish

The Coast Salish are a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon.

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Cowichan Bay

Cowichan Bay is a bay and community located on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island near Duncan, in British Columbia, Canada.

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Cowichan Indian Reserve No. 1

Cowichan Indian Reserve No.

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Cowichan knitting

Cowichan knitting is a form of knitting characteristic of the Cowichan people of southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Cowichan Tribes and Cowichan knitting are Mid Vancouver Island.

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Cowichan Lake

Cowichan Lake is a large freshwater lake located on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Cowichan Valley

The Cowichan Valley is a region around the Cowichan River, Cowichan Bay and Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

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Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC; Relations Couronne-Autochtones et des Affaires du Nord Canada)Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs.

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Daylight saving time in Canada

In Canada, daylight saving time (DST) is observed in nine of the country's ten provinces and two of its three territories—though with exceptions in parts of several provinces and Nunavut.

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Duncan, British Columbia

Duncan (pop. 5,047 in 2021) is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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First Nations in Canada

First Nations (Premières Nations) is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.

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Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for, into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver.

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Gulf Islands

The Gulf Islands is a group of islands in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia.

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Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group

The Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group was founded in 1993 to negotiate a treaty with the Province of British Columbia and Government of Canada.

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Indian Act

The Indian Act (Loi sur les Indiens) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves.

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Indian reserve

In Canada, an Indian reserve (reserve indienne) is defined by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." Reserves are areas set aside for First Nations, one of the major groupings of Indigenous peoples in Canada, after a contract with the Canadian state ("the Crown"), and are not to be confused with Indigenous peoples' claims to ancestral lands under Aboriginal title.

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Koksilah River

The Koksilah River is a river on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, flowing northeast to enter Cowichan Bay just southeast of the City of Duncan.

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List of regional districts of British Columbia

The Canadian province of British Columbia is divided into regional districts as a means to better enable municipalities and rural areas to work together at a regional level.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.

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Quamichan

Quamichan (or Kw’amutsun) is a traditional nation of the Coast Salish people, commonly referred to by the English adaptation of Qu'wutsun ("warm place") as the Cowichan Indians, or First Nations, of the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, in the area near the city of Duncan, British Columbia and Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.

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Shawnigan Lake (British Columbia)

Shawnigan Lake is a lake on southern Vancouver Island, located to the west of Saanich Inlet and to the south of the Cowichan Valley region.

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Somena

The Somena (or S’amuna’) are one of several Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓-speaking indigenous peoples living in the Cowichan Valley-Duncan region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Time zone

A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_Tribes

Also known as Cowichan 9, British Columbia, Cowichan First Nation, Cowichan peoples.