FDI - Comox

The Comox were a sedentary coastal hunter language group that relied heavily on fishing. They were located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, including both sides of Discovery Passage. They suffered from the White influx and war with other tribes.

Aboriginal Locations

BC Clahoose, Comox, Eeksen, Homalko, Kaake, Kakekt, Sliammon, Tatpoos

Year	*History*
1792	Visited by Capt. George Vancouver, later by Spaniards Valdes and Galiano
1827	Hudson Bay Company founded Fort Langley
1862	Smallpox epidemic
186X	Forced to move south by Lewiltok raids, arrival of Catholic missionaries
1884	Potlatch banned in British Columbia
1951	Potlatch ban lifted

Year	BC Population	Source
1700	2,700	NAHDB calculation
1780	1,800	Mooney estimate
1800	1,800	NAHDB calculation
1900	350	NAHDB calculation
1906	324	Official
1987	987	Canadian Department of Indian Affairs
2000	1,800	NAHDB calculation
2001	423	Homalco Band only
2005	1,547	All other bands (Indian Life Online)

Comox Tribe Sites:

Bute Inlet http://www.vancouverisland.com/Regions/towns/index.asp?townID=4037

Comox http://www.angelfire.com/zine/possumtales/comox.htm

Comox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comox

Comox http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Comox.html

Comox Archives and Museum http://www.comoxmuseum.ca/

Comox Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=coo

Comox Langauge http://www.ydli.org/langs/comox.htm

Comox Language http://www.native-languages.org/comox.htm

Comox Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=coo

Comox Valley History http://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/history.html

Courtrenay, BC http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townID=50

First Nations History in the Gulf Islands http://saltspringarchives.com/multicultural/firstnations/

Homalo Indian Band http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/homalco_indian_band/default.html

I-HOS Gallery http://www.ihosgallery.com/history.html

Klahoose Dancers http://www.cortesisland.com/cgi-bin/tideline/show_sitemap_article.cgi?ID=29

Klahoose Indian Band http://www.bctreaty.net/nations/klahoose.php

Sliammon http://www.vancouverisland.com/Regions/towns/?townID=17

Sliammon, A Brief History http://www.prcn.org/sliammon/index/history/hstory.html

Sliammon First Nation http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/sliammon/default.html

Sliammon First Nation http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/sliammon/down/sliammon_agreement_in_principle_aip.pdf

Sliammon Indian Band http://www.bctreaty.net/nations/sliammon.php

Sliammon Indian Reserve http://ca.local.yahoo.com/BC/Sliammon

Sliammon Treaty Society http://www.sliammontreaty.com/index.html

Xwemalhkwu Nation http://www.bctreaty.net/nations/homalco.php

*Ethnie:*	COMOX (SLIAMMON)
*Language:*	Comox
*Family:*	Central Salish
*Stock:*	Salish
*Phylum:*	Mosan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest Coast