FDI - Qualicum

The Qualicum were a sedentary hunter tribe that relied heavily on fishing. They were located along the east coast of Vancouver Island at or near their present location and were closely related to the other Coast Salich tribes. They suffered from the White influx.

Aboriginal Locations

BC Hwahwatl, Puntlatsh, Saamen

Year	*History*
1592	May have been visited by Juan de Fuca
1792	Visited by Capt. George Vancouver, and later by Spaniards Valdes and Galiano
1843	Victoria founded
1862	Smallpox epidemic
1885	Potlatch banned in British Columbia
1951	Potlatch ban repealed

Year	BC Population	Source
1700	300	NAHDB calculation
1780	300	Mooney estimate
1800	300	NAHDB calculation
1900	50	NAHDB calculation
2000	50	NAHDB calculation
2005	81	Indian Life Online

Qualicum Tribe Sites:

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

Qualicum Band Granted Ownership of Big Qualicum River Bed http://www.bcwf.bc.ca/documents/s=105/bcw1061142167582/

Qualicum First Nation http://www.qualicumfirstnation.com/

Qualicum First nation http://www.bcfn.org/profile/qualicum.htm

Qualicum First Nation Fisheries http://www.freewebs.com/qfnfisheries/

Qualicum Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca14.php

Pentlatch Language http://www.ydli.org/langs/pentlatch.htm

Pentlatch Language http://www.native-languages.org/pentlatch.htm

Pentlatch Language http://www.ethnologue.org/14/show_language.asp?code=PTW

Pentlatch Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.org/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=PTW

Salish Reburials ... http://www.martlet.ca/archives/040818/feature.html

*Ethnie:*	QUALICUM (PENTLATCH)
*Language:*	Pentlatch
*Family:*	Central Salish
*Stock:*	Salish
*Phylum:*	Mosan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest Coast