This article is about the Saanich indigenous people. For the municipality in British Columbia, see Saanich, British Columbia.
The Saanich or W̱SÁNEĆ are indigenous nations from the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, the Gulf and San Juan Islands, southern Vancouver Island and the southern edge of the Lower Mainland in British Columbia.
- BOḰEĆEN – Pauquachin
- MÁLEXEȽ – Malahat
- SEMYOME – Semiahmoo
- SXIMEȽEȽ – Esquimalt
- T’sou-ke – Sooke
- ȾÁ,UTW̱ – Tsawout
- W̱ĆIÁNEW̱ – Becher Bay
- W̱JOȽEȽP – Tsartlip
- W̱SÍKEM – Tseycum
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External links
- An Outline of the Morphology and Phonology of Saanich, North Straits Salish (Timothy Montler's site)
- Saanich Classified Word List (Timothy Montler's site)
- SENĆOŦEN (Saanich, Northern Straits Salish) (Chris Harvey's Native Language, Font & Keyboard)
- Saanich Indian School Board
- SENĆOŦEN Welcome page (First Voices)
See also
Bibliography
- Bill, Adriane; Cayou, Roxanne; & Jim, Jacqueline. (2003). NET'
- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
- Montler, Timothy. (1996). Languages and dialects in Straits Salishan. Proceedings of the International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages, 31, 249-256.
- Montler, Timothy. (1999). Language and dialect variation in Straits Salishan. Anthropological linguistics, 41 (4), 462-502.
- YELḰÁTT̵E [Claxton, Earl, Sr.]; & STOLC̸EL̵ [Elliot, John, Sr.]. (1994). Reef Net Technology of the Saltwater People. Brentwood Bay, B.C.: Saanich Indian School Board.
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