Stawamus (St'a7mes or , in the original
Squamish language
Squamish (; ', ''sníchim'' meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific Northwest. It is spoken in the area that is now called southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve commun ...
)) is a village at the head of
Howe Sound, located on Stawamus Indian Reserve No. 24, at the mouth of the
Stawamus River and Mamquam Blind Channel, 1km south of
Squamish, British Columbia
Squamish (; Squamish language, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, ; 2016 census population 19,512) is a community and a district municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, located at th ...
.
The village is home to the
indigenous Squamish people
The Squamish people (Squamish language, Squamish: ''Skwxwú7mesh'' , historically transliterated as Sko-ko-mish) are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Archaeological evidence sh ...
and houses satellite offices of the Squamish Nation.
The village is also the centre for administrative, educational and health services in the Upper Squamish region of the
Squamish Nation.
Population
The 2011 National Household Survey of the
Census of Canada
Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years and releases the data with a two-year lag.
The Census of Population provides demographic and statistical data that is used to plan public servic ...
gives the population of the Indian reserve encompassing this village as 95, 10 of whom are non-aboriginal in origin and are of British Isles ethnic origin). The Community Profile for the same year, however, says 97 and 100.
Community Profile for Stawamus 24, IRI, Census of Canada
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See also
* History of the Squamish people
* Squamish Nation
* Stawamus (disambiguation)
*List of Squamish villages
This is a list of Squamish villages. The Squamisn originally lived in the area around Howe Sound only, but were invited to Burrard Inlet by the Tsleil-waututh around 1800 to share that inlet after depopulation of the Tsleil-waututh by disease, r ...
References
External links
Squamish Nation
History of British Columbia
Squamish villages
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