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NAMES for BC FIRST NATIONS Bolded Forms Are Used in Xwi7xwa Subject Headings (LC) Are Library of Congress Subject Headings (September 4, 2019) XWI7XWA LIBRARY FIRST NATIONS HOUSE OF LEARNING 1985 West Mall University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 604-822-8738 www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa XWI7XWA NAMES FOR BC FIRST NATIONS Bolded forms are used in Xwi7xwa subject headings (LC) are Library of Congress subject headings (September 4, 2019) Introductory Note This list of names is used in the Xwi7xwa Library catalogue to describe many of the First Nations peoples on whose traditional territories British Columbia is located. It is a developing list, and will continue to be expanded and revised to best reflect the preferences of First Nations*. Note that Library of Congress (LC) subject headings are not always equivalents to Xwi7xwa names. For example, Carrier Indians (LC) can refer to Xwi7xwa’s Dakelh, Wet’suwet’en and Nedut’en peoples. Coast Salish Dunne-Za Used for: Coast Salish Indians (LC) Used for: Dane-Zaa Narrower term: Cowichan Beaver Homalco Tsattine Indians (LC) Katzie Related term: Saulteaux Klahoose K’omoks Gitanyow Kwantlen Used for: Kitwancool Indians (LC) Kwikwetlem Broader term: Gitxsan Lekwungen Musqueam Gitxaała Nuxalk Used for Gitxaala Shíshálh Kitkatla Snuneymuxw Squamish Gitxsan Stó:lō Used for: Gitksan Sts’ailes Gitksen Tla’amin Gitxsan Indians (LC) Tsawwassen Narrower term: Gitanyow Tsleil-Waututh WSANEC Haida Used for: Haida Indians (LC) Cowichan Used for: Cowichan Indians (LC) Haisla Broader term: Coast Salish Used for: Kitamaat Kitamat Dakelh Kitlope Used for: Carrier Indians (LC) Haisla Indians (LC) Page 1 of 4 Heiltsuk Kwakwaka’wakw Used for: Haíɫzaqv Used for: Kwakiutl Indians (LC) Bella Bella Heiltsuk Indians (LC) Kwantlen Used for: Kwantlen Indians (LC) Homalco Broader term: Coast Salish Used for: Xoχmaɬku Xwémalhkwu Kwikwetlem Broader term: Coast Salish Used for: kʷikʷəƛ̓ əm Related term: Klahoose Coquitlam K'ómoks Broader term: Coast Salish Tla’amin Lekwungen Interior Salish Used for: Songhees Narrower term: Nlaka’pamux Lekwungen Indians (LC) Secwepemc Broader term: Coast Salish Sinixt St’át’imc Musqueam Syilx Used for: xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm Xwméthkwyiem Kaska Dena Broader term: Coast Salish Used for: Denek'éh Kaska Dene Nedut’en Kaska Indians (LC) Used for: Nadot’en Nat’oot’en Katzie Babine Carrier Used for: Q'éyts'i q̓ íc̓ əy̓ Nisga’a Broader term: Coast Salish Used for: Nisga’a Nishga Klahoose Niska Indians (LC) Used for: ƛohos Broader term: Coast Salish Nlaka’pamux Related term: Homalco Used for: Nłeʔkepmx K'ómoks Thompson Tla’amin Thompson River Ntlakyapamuk Indians (LC) K'ómoks Used for: K'omoks Broader term: Interior Salish Comox Nuu-chah-nulth Broader term: Coast Salish Used for: Nuučaan̓ uɫ Related term: Homalco Nootka Indians (LC) Klahoose Tla’amin Nuxalk Ktunaxa Used for: Bella Coola Used for: Ktunaxa Kinbasket Nuxalk Indians (LC) Kootenay Broader term: Coast Salish Kootenai Indians (LC) Page 2 of 4 Saulteaux Syilx Used for: Salteaux Used for: Okanogan Saulteau Okanagan Indians (LC) Plains Ojibwa Broader term: Interior Salish Related Term Dunne-Za Tagish Secwepemc Used for: Tagish Indians (LC) Used for: Shuswap Indians (LC) Broader term: Interior Salish Tahltan Used for: Tahltan Indians (LC) Shíshálh Used for: shíshálh Tla’amin shishalh Used for: ɬaʔaʔmɛn Sechelt Indians (LC) Sliammon Broader term: Coast Salish Broader term: Coast Salish Related term: Homalco Klahoose Sinixt K'ómoks Used for: Sin Aikst Arrow Lakes Tlingit Sinixt Indians (LC) Used for: Tlingit Indians (LC) Broader term: Interior Salish Tsawwassen Snuneymuxw Used for: sc̓ əwaθən Used for: Nanaimo Tchewassan Snuneymuxw Indians Tsewosen (LC) Broader term: Coast Salish Broader term: Coast Salish Tse’khene Squamish Used for: Tsek'hene Used for: Skwxwú7mesh Tsek'ehne Squawmish Indians (LC) Tsek'ene Broader term: Coast Salish Sekani Indians (LC) St’át’imc Tsetsaut Used for: St̓át̓imc Used for: T'set'sa'ut Stl’atl’imx Tsetsaut Indians (LC) Lillooet Indians (LC) Broader term: Interior Salish Tsilhqot’in Used for: Ts'ilhqot'in Stó:lō Tŝilhqot'in Used for: Stalo Chilcotin Indians (LC) Stolo Stawlo Tsimshian Stó:lō Indians (LC) Used for: Ts'msyen Broader term: Coast Salish Tsimshian Indians (LC) Sts’ailes Tsleil-Waututh Used for: Chehalis Indians (LC) Used for: səl̓ilw̓ ətaʔɬ Broader term: Coast Salish Broader term: Coast Salish Page 3 of 4 Tutchone WSANEC Used for: Tutchone Indians (LC) Used for: W̱ SÁNEĆ Saanich Wet’suwet’en Broader term: Coast Salish Used for: Witsuwit'en Western Carrier Wuikinuxv Wet’suwet’en Indians Used for: Oweekano (LC) Oweekeno Ooweekeno Indians (LC) *Note that in some cases, due to the limitations of alphabetic sort and search features in the Library’s catalogue, the Xwi7xwa form of name may not be the variant that contains commonly used special characters. These forms will be found in the descriptive elements of our records, when they appear on publications. For enquiries and suggestions about this list, please send an email message to: [email protected] Page 4 of 4 .
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