The Sencot'en Alliance is a First Nations grouping, composed of the

Tsartlip The Tsartlip First Nation is a First Nation located on the Saanich Peninsula, in Saanich territory on Vancouver Island. They are a member of the Sencot'en Alliance fighting for Native rights. In the 1850s, they were signatories to one of the ...

Tsawout The Tsawout First Nation is a First Nations government located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. They are a member of the Sencot'en Alliance. In the 1850s they were signatories to the Douglas Treaties. They speak the SENĆOŦEN l ...

, Pauquachin bands from the

Saanich Peninsula Saanich Peninsula () is located north of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Saanich Inlet on the west, Satellite Channel on the north, the small Colburne Passage on the northeast, and Haro Strait on the east. The exact southern ...

and the Semiahmoo from White Rock. "Sencot'en" (the language spoken by the Saanich First Nations people) is equivalent to "Saanich" in ethnographic terms.

Claim

The Alliance claims

Greater Victoria Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is usually defined as the thirteen municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD) on V ...

, the southern half of the

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, the

San Juan Islands The San Juan Islands is an archipelago in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between the U.S. state of Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of Washington state, and form the core of ...

, Point Roberts and the adjacent mainland area up to the

Coquitlam River The Coquitlam River (Help:IPA/English, /koʊˈkwɪtləm/ or Help:IPA/English, /kəˈkwɪtləm/) is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia. The river's name comes from the wo ...

and the whole of the area south of the

Fraser River The Fraser River () is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain (Canada), Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of V ...

through to

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Member governments

References

First Nations organizations in British Columbia South Coast of British Columbia Coast Salish {{FirstNations-stub