Wet'suwet'en

Wet'suwet'en

ethnic group
group=Wet'suwet'en


poptime=2,447 [http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/negotiation/first_nations_in_the_process/wetsuweten.htm]
popplace=Canada (British Columbia)
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langs=English, Babine-Witsuwit'en
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Bulkley River, Hagwilget, 1872]

Wet'suwet'en (also known as Hwotsotenne, Witsuwit'en, Wetsuwet'en, Wets'uwet'en) are a First Nations people who live on the Bulkley River and around Broman Lake and Francois Lake in Northwestern British Columbia.

The Wet'suwet'en are a branch of the Babine-Witsuwit'en. They speak Witsuwit'en, a dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language which, like its sister language Carrier, is a member of the Athabaskan family.

Their oral history, called "kungax", recounts that their ancestral village, Dizkle, once stood upstream from the Bulkley Canyon. This cluster of cedar houses on both sides of the river was said to be abandoned because of an omen of impending disaster. The exact location of the village has not yet been discovered. [http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dss/cultural/CHRREVIEW.pdf] Like most of the first nation peoples of BC they have never signed a formal treaty and are in the process of negotiating a treaty now. [ [http://www.bctreaty.net/files/first_nations.php BC Treaty Net page] ]

Communities

The four main communities are:
* Burns Lake I.R. (Burns Lake Band);
* Palling I.R. No. 1. (Wet'suwet'en First Nation formerly known as Broman Lake Band);
* Hagwilget Village on east side of the Bulkley Canyon, near Hazelton. Hagwilget means "gentle or quiet people".
* Moricetown, British Columbia.

Clans

There are five Wet’suwet’en clans:
* Gilseyhu (Big Frog)
* Laksilyu (Small Frog)
* Gitdumden (Wolf/Bear)
* Laksamshu (Fireweed)
* Tsayu (Beaver clan)

References

External links

* [http://www.wetsuweten.com The office of the Wet'suwet'en]
* [http://www.moricetown.ca/nav_history.htm Moricetown Wet'suwet'en history]


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