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The Squamish Nation has existed and prospered within our traditional territory since time immemorial.
After contact with European settlers, 16 tribes united as the Squamish Band on July 23, 1923. An Amalgamation prayer was created:
“Squamish Nation of Indians on July 23, 1923 unanimously agreed the only solution for good government was to consolidate the nation revenues, reserves equally for the people and to have a council comprised of the 16 Chiefs.”
Click on the photo above for a more detailed accounting of the persons pictured.
The Squamish Nation is comprised of descendants of the Coast Salish Aboriginal peoples who lived in the present day Greater Vancouver area; Gibson’s landing and Squamish River watershed.
Our language is the Squamish language. Our society is, and always has been, organized and sophisticated, with complex laws and rules governing all forms of social relations, economic rights and relations with other First Nations.
We have never ceded or surrendered title to our lands, rights to our resources or the power to make decisions within our territory.
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