Semiahmoo
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Semiahmoo |
| Ethnie: | SEMIAHMOO |
| Language: | Salish Straits |
| Family: | Central Salish |
| Stock: | Salish |
| Phylum: | Mosan |
| Macro-Culture: | Northwest Coast |
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| The Semiahmoo were a sedentary coastal hunter/gatherer nation that relied heavily on fishing. They were located on Semiahmoo Bay about the frontier at the coast of British Columbia and Washington. They suffered from the White influx. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| BC Semiahmoo Bay |
| WA Birch Bay |
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| Year | History |
| 1787 | Strait of Juan de Fuca discovered by Charles Barkley |
| 1790 | Manual Quimper explored both shores of strait |
| 1792 | Area charted by Capt. George Vancouver |
| 1827 | Hudson Bay Company founded Fort Langley |
| 1841 | Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed |
| 1843 | Victoria post founded |
| 1858 | Fraser River gold rush |
| 186X | Arrival of Methodist missionaries |
| 1870 | Smallpox epidemic |
| 1885 | Potlatch banned in British Columbia |
| 1951 | Potlatch ban repealed |
| Year | BC Population | Source | |
| 1700 | 600 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1800 | 400 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1843 | 300 | Swanton | |
| 1900 | 50 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1909 | 38 | CDIA | |
| 2000 | 50 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2005 | 50 | Indian Life Online | |
| 2005 | 74 | RCMP |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Lummi, Samish |
| Semiahmoo Tribe Sites: |
| Birch Bay History http://www.smartgrowthbirchbay.org/Community.htm |
| Eagle Naay - House of Eagle http://www.eaglelaw.org/about/eaglenaay/document_view |
| Salish Straits Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=str |
| Salish Straits Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=str |
| Semiahmoo http://www.bcfn.org/profile/semiahmoo.htm |
| Semiahmoo First Nation http://www.semiahmoofirstnation.org/ |
| Semiahmoo Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/pro_bc31.php |
| Semiahmoo People http://members.shaw.ca/j.a.brown/SemiIndex.html |
| Surrey (Semiahmoo) http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/bc/crops/aps/profiles/southwest/surreysem_full_e.htm |
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