Secwepemc

Secwepemc

Infobox Ethnic group
group=Shuswap "Secwepemc"


caption=Nehiyaw camp near Vermilion, Alberta
poptime=unknown
popplace=Canada (British Columbia)
rels=
languages=Shuswap, English
related=other SalishThe Secwepemc (IPA| [ʃəˈxwεpməx] or IPA| [səˈxwεpməx] ), also commonly known as the Shuswap, are a First Nation residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia, primarily in the area north and east of Kamloops. The Secwepemc are perhaps the most numerous of the Interior Salish peoples of British Columbia if based upon the numbers who speak their language. [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=705&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= Statistics Canada: 2006 Census] ]

Their traditional language is Shuswap, known as "Secwepemctsín" (IPA| [ʃəxwəpməxtˈʃin] ), which is currently spoken by over 1,600 people. Secwepemctsín is being revitalized by the efforts of organizations such as Chief Atahm School, which offers an immersion program till grade nine.

Notable Secwepemc people

*Darrell Dennis (comedian, actor, screenwriter and radio personality)
*George Manuel, (first president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples)
*Tania Willard (artist & cartoonist)
*Garry Gottfriedson (writer)

ee also

*Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
*Northern Shuswap Tribal Council
*Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park
*Secwepemc Culture Education Society

Notes

External links

* [http://landoftheshuswap.com/ Secwepemculecw - Land of the Shuswap]
* [http://www.secwepemc.org Cultural Education Society]
* [http://www.chiefatahm.com Chief Atahm Immersion School]
* [http://www.spiritmap.ca Spirit Map- language history and culture of the Secwepemc]
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* [http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1214 "Notes on the Shuswap People of British Columbia", s.L.: S.n., 1980] , George M. Dawson


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