THIS IS A SALISH TRIBE ON JERVIS AND SEECHELT INLETS, NELSON ISLAND, AND AND SOUTH PARTS OF TEXADO ISLAND, B.C. THEY SPEAK A DIALECT AND ARE THOUGHT BY HILL TOUT TO BE RELATED TO LILLOOET. IN ANCIENT TIMES THERE WERE FOUR DIVISIONS, BUT THEY ALL LIVE IN THE PRESENT TOWNS OF CHATELECH. THERE IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION THERE. IN 1909 THERE WERE 244 FOLKS. THEY NOW LIVE IN ALBERTA, CANADA ON THE UPPER BOW RIVER. THEY HAVE A POPULATION OF 950. ANOTHER SALISH TRIBE IN VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND CALL THEMSELVES LKUNGEN. THEIR POPULATION WAS ABOUT 1000 IN 1905.
THEY WERE NAMED AFTER THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE THE SHISHALH. THIS COMMUNITY HAS A COMMUNAL LIFESTYLE AND WISDOM OF THE ELDERS. SEECHELT IS THE LARGEST INLET. SEECHELT MEANS LAND BETWEEN TWO WATERS. INDIAN LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE CREATOR SENT BY DIVINE SPIRIT FORMED THEIR WORLD. LATER THE TRANSFORMERS, A MALE RAVEN AND A FEMALE MINK CHANGED DETAILS BY CARVING A TREE AND FORMING POOLS OF WATER. THE RAVEN IS INTEGRAL TO THE SEECHELT CULTURE. THIS SCENERY IS BEAUTIFUL WITH CLEAN BEECHES AND DRIFTWOOD. THEY HAVE MANY CREEKS AND WATERFALLS MAKING IT A PHOTOGRAPHER'S DELIGHT. THEIR THRIVING VILLAGE IS SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS. THEY HAVE LIGHT SNOWFALLS. THEIR POPULATION IS 8,500.
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