THE TSESHAHT PEOPLE WERE CREATED AT CISAA AND CAME TO OWN THE THE BROKEN GROUP ISLANDS AND LANDS UP THE ALBERNI. HISTORICALLY THEY WERE WHALERS AND FISHERMEN- THEIR LIVES REVOLVED AROUND LAND AND WATER . THEY CONTROLLED THE SOMERS RIVER AND HAD A NUMBER OF FISHING STORIES. IT WAS GOVERNED BY THE "TUPAATI", A SYSTEM WHERE HEREDITARY PRIVILAGES WERE DETERMINED BY OWNERSHIP AND USE OF PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING OF VALUE. TODAY THE TSESHAHT ARE IN THIS VALLEY AND HOLD THEIR TERRITORY IN TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LIVING. THE "CISAA" OR LAND OF THEIR CREATION HAS BEEN DECLARED A PARK RESERVE. THEIR FIRST NATION RESERVE LAND IS NOW VIBRANT WITH ABOUT 900 MEMBERS AND ALIVE WITH NATURAL RESOURCES. THEY HAVE ABUNDANT FISH AND WELL DEVELOPED FORESTRY INTERESTS, THEY HAVE INITIATIVES. THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE AND WORK AS A COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE AND TEACH THEIR PAST . THEY ARE ONE OF 14 NATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS COUNCIL- TSESHAHT TRANSLATES AS "THE PEOPLE ALL ALONG THE MOUNTAINS AND SEA."
HISTORICALLY THEY WERE WHALERS. THEIR TERRITORIES CHANGED THROUGH MARRIAGES, WARFARE, AND AMALGAMATION. ONCE EUROPEANS CAME THEY HAD EPIDEMICS OF DISEASES AND WARFARE. THE HUPATCHAS WERE MADE TO LIVE IN TSESHAHT TERRITORY ON THE CONDITION THEY LIVE DOWN RIVER FROM THE TSESHAHT.
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