Sencot'en Alliance

The Sencot'en Alliance is a First Nations grouping, composed of the Tsartlip, Tsawout, Pauquachin bands from the Saanich Peninsula and the Semiahmoo from White Rock. "Sencot'en" (the language spoken by the Saanich First Nations people) is equivalent to "Saanich" in ethnographic terms.

Claim

The Alliance claims Greater Victoria, the southern half of the Gulf Islands, the San Juan Islands, Point Roberts and the adjacent mainland area up to the Coquitlam River and the whole of the area south of the Fraser River through to Seattle.[1]

Member governments

First Nation Population Reference
Pauquachin 373 [2]
Semiahmoo 81 [3]
Tsartlip [4]
Tsawout 764 [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Alliance maps out at-risk treaty lands". CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. June 22, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Pauquachin". Government of Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Semiahmoo". Government of Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tsartlip". Government of Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Tsawout". Government of Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.


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