The Snuneymuxw First Nation (pronounced [snʊˈneɪməxʷ]) is located in and around the city of Nanaimo on east-central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The nation previously had also occupied territory along the Fraser River, in British Columbia.
Prior to European colonization of the Americas and the creation of Indian reserves in the nineteenth century, this people occupied a wide region of south-central Vancouver Island, where they had lived for more than 5,000 years.[1] Snuneymuxw Territory[2][3] extended to the Gulf Islands, and the Fraser River in the British Columbia; it was in the centre of Coast Salish territory.[2] Their language is Hul’qumi’num.
The Snuneymuxw First Nation operates Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park.
- ^ Carey 2007, p. 6.
- ^ a b Snuneymuxw First Nation 2013c.
- ^ Hul’qumi’num 2004.