The Homalco First Nation (
Comox language
The Comox language () is a Coast Salish language historically spoken in the northern Georgia Strait region, spanning the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northern Sunshine Coast and adjoining inlets and islands. More specifically, was tra ...
: Xwémalhkwu, also spelled χʷɛmaɬku) is a
First Nations
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government located in
Bute Inlet near the upper
Sunshine Coast of
British Columbia
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, Canada. The
Homalco are also known, with their neighbours the
Sliammon and
Klahoose
The ƛoʔos Klahoose are one of the three groups comprising the ''ʔayʔaǰuθəm'' Tla'Amin or Mainland Comox. The other two divisions of this once-populous group are the χʷɛmaɬku Homalco and Sliammon (which is a corruption of "Tla A' ...
and the
K'ómoks of nearby parts of
Vancouver Island
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, as the
Mainland Comox. Their ancestral tongue is the
Comox language
The Comox language () is a Coast Salish language historically spoken in the northern Georgia Strait region, spanning the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northern Sunshine Coast and adjoining inlets and islands. More specifically, was tra ...
.
The Homalco First Nation is a member government of the
Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council.
See also
*
Comox language
The Comox language () is a Coast Salish language historically spoken in the northern Georgia Strait region, spanning the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northern Sunshine Coast and adjoining inlets and islands. More specifically, was tra ...
References
External links
Homalco First Nation websiteNaut'sa mawt Tribal Council website
Coast Salish governments
South Coast of British Columbia
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