FDI - Songhees

The Songhees were a sedentary maritime nation that relied heavily on fishing. They lived on the southern end of Vancouver Island and possibly the western shore of San Juan Island in Washington. They suffered from the White influx.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Bands)

BC Sanetch (6), Songhish (12), Sooke (1)

Present Locations

BC	Beecher Bay Indian Band, Sooke
	Esquimalt Indian Band, Victoria
	Pauquachin Indian Band , Sidney
	Songhees Indian Band, Victoria
	Sooke Indian Band, Sooke
	Tsartlip First Nation, Brentwood Bay
	Tsawout First Nation, Saanichton

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
1870	Smallpox epidemic
1885	Potlatch banned in British Columbia
1951	Potlatch ban repealed

Year	BC Population	Source
1700	2,700	NAHDB calculation
1780	2,700	Mooney estimate
1800	2,700	NAHDB calculation
1900	500	NAHDB calculation
1906	488	CDIA
2000	2,000	NAHDB calculation
2005	2,046	Indian Life Online

SongheesTribe Sites:

Beecher Bay Burning Ceremony http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/admin/rrab/beecherbayceremony.htm

Beecher Bay Indian Band, Sooke http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/pro_bca3.php

Beecher Bay Profile http://sdiprod2.inac.gc.ca/fnprofiles/FNProfiles_PrintForm.asp?BAND_NUMBER=640&BAND_NAME=Beecher+Bay&ES=ACT&Q=2

Esquimalt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquimalt,_British_Columbia

Esquimalt http://www.esquimalt.com/

Esquimalt Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/pro_bca7.php

James Squameyugs--Songhees Chief 1864-1892 http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/notes/scomiak.html

Pauquachin http://www.bcfn.org/profile/pauquachin.htm

Pauquachin Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca15.php

Photo Gallery http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/Resources/ourhomesare/gallery/Photos.htm

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

Songhees Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca19.php

Songhees Indian Reserve Act http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/s-13.5/

Songhees Nation http://www.songheesnation.com/

Songhees Nation: Archeology and Ethnology http://collections.ic.gc.ca/salish/trad/songheesprime.htm

Songhees Point Census http://history.mala.bc.ca/content/census/firstNations.aspx?n_bandId=46

Sooke Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca20.php

Tsartlip First Nation http://www.tsartlip.com/

Tsartlip Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca16.php

Tsawout First Nation http://www.tsawout.ca/

Tsawout Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca17.php

T'sou-ke Nation http://www.tsoukenation.com/

Victoria Unity Feast http://www.cashsave.com/unityf.htm

*Ethnie:*	SONGHEES (SONGISH)
*Language:*	Salish Striats
*Family:*	Central Salish
*Stock:*	Salish
*Phylum:*	Mosan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest Coast