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    Squamish (/ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/ SKWAW-mish; Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, sníchim meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific...
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  • with the Squamish Nation. Their language is the Squamish language or Sḵwx̱wúʔmesh snichim, considered a part of the Coast Salish languages, and is categorized...
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    The Squamish Nation is a First Nations government of the Squamish people. The Squamish Nation government includes an elected council and an administrative...
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  • language "Sḵwx̱wú7mesh", after whom the river is named (the town of Squamish is named for the river) Squamish language, the language of the Squamish people...
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    Squamish (IPA: [skwɔːmɪʃ]; Squamish: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, IPA: [ˈsqʷχʷuː.ʔməʃ]; 2021 census population 23,819) is a community and a district municipality in...
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    world. The Squamish, the indigenous people from this area, consider the Chief to be a place of spiritual significance. The Squamish language name for the...
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  • Squamish culture is the customs, arts, music, lifestyle, food, painting and sculpture, moral systems and social institutions of the Squamish indigenous...
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  • Squamish history is the series of past events, both passed on through oral tradition and recent history, of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), a people indigenous...
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    as Ch'ích'iyúy Elx̱wíḵn ("The Twin Sisters") in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language, are a pair of pointed peaks (West Lion – 1,646 m (5,400 ft); East...
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    Bowen Island (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    name for Bowen Island is Nex̱wlélex̱wm in the Squamish language of the Squamish people.: 235  The Squamish peoples used and occupied the area around Howe...
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    Kitsilano (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kitsilano is named after Squamish chief August Jack Khatsahlano, and the neighbourhood is located in Vancouver's...
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  • First Nations in Canada (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    the Squamish language keke7nex siyam. He called this man his brother. It was from these two men that the population began to rise and the Squamish spread...
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    known as Mainland Comox) † Pentlatch † shíshálh (also known as Sechelt) Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim)[citation needed] Halkomelem Upriver Halkomelem...
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    Vancouver (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    settlement of Vancouver began more than 10,000 years ago and included the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) peoples. The beginnings of the...
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  • the U.S. border to near Cache Creek, serving Greater Vancouver and the Squamish–Lillooet corridor. It is a major north–south artery within Vancouver and...
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    Mount Garibaldi (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    Mount Garibaldi (known as Nch'ḵay̓, IPA: [n̩.ʧʼqɛˀj̰], to the indigenous Squamish people) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific...
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    language—unicase ʔ Nootka—unicase ʔ Slavey—uppercase Ɂ and lowercase ɂ Nitinaht—unicase ʔ Thompson—unicase ʔ Lushootseed—unicase ʔ Squamish language,...
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    Granville Island (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    and Squamish peoples as a fishing area. A village was established in the area named sən̓aʔqʷ in the Hunquminum language and Sen̓áḵw in the Squamish language...
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    Senakw (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    as Snawk, Snawq, Sneawq, or Snawkw, is a village site of the Indigenous Squamish people, located near what is now known as the Kitsilano neighbourhood of...
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  • Kitsilano Beach (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    beach is a playground and a number of beach volleyball courts. In the Squamish language, it is called Xwupxpayʼem, which translates to "having red cedar"...
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  • Khelsilem (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    restore Squamish language and culture. and in 2016 developed a language immersion program with Simon Fraser University to teach the Squamish language to Squamish...
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    The Black Tusk (category Squamish people)
    in the St'at'imcets (Lillooet) language and as T'ákt'akmúten tl'a Ín7inyáx̱a7en in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language, is a stratovolcano and a pinnacle...
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    Dude Chilling Park (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    with Í7iy̓el̓shn ("ee-ay-ul-shun"), the name of the beach in the Squamish language, in graffiti. The Park Board removed the sign in late January 2022...
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  • 2010 Winter Olympics (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    (French: XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 (Squamish: K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010), were an international winter multi-sport event held...
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    Howe Sound (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    Howe Sound (French: Baie (de /d')Howe, Squamish: Átl'ka7tsem, Nexwnéwu7ts, Txwnéwu7ts) is a roughly triangular sound, that joins a network of fjords situated...
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    Lions Bay (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language: Ch'ích'iyúy Elx̱wíḵn, IPA: [t͡ʃʼit͡ʃʼijoj əlχʷeːqn]) is a small residential community in British Columbia...
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  • video game Mario Kart 7, a kart racing video game 7, a letter in Squamish language orthography, which is used to represent the glottal stop 7, used to...
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    Sunset Beach (Vancouver) (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    Í7iy̓el̓shn ("ee-ay-ul-shun"), which means "soft underfoot" in the Squamish language. On November 15, 2021, a 61-metre (200 ft) barge washed ashore at...
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    François Gaultier. In the Squamish language, the fruits are called t’áḵa7 and the bush is called t’áḵa7áy̓. In the Lushootseed language, the month of August...
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    In the late 1870s, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh communities on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet experienced an increase of physical and economic encroachment...
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