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Saanich

W̱SÁNEĆ
Elsie Copper and her brother, who is wearing traditional Saanich dance regalia.George Gustav Heye, right (1938)
Regions with significant populations
British Columbia,Canada
Languages
Saanich,English
Religion
Christianity; traditional folk religion
Related ethnic groups
Lekwungen,Lummi,Samish,Semiahmoo,Sooke, and otherCoast Salish peoples

TheSaanich people (Saanich:W̱SÁNEĆ[ˈxʷse.nət͡ʃ]) are aCentral Coast Salish peopleindigenous to parts ofBritish Columbia and westernWashington state.

The W̱SÁNEĆ peoples are represented by theTsartlip,Pauquachin,Tsawout,Tseycum andMalahat First Nations.^[4] The W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council Society consists of three of these nations: Tsartlip, Tseycum and Tsawout.^[5] These W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations remain on their ancestral lands.

• MÁLEXEȽ –Malahat First Nation
• BOḰEĆEN –Pauquachin
• SȾÁ¸UTW̱ –Tsawout
• W̱JOȽEȽP –Tsartlip
• W̱SÍḴEM –Tseycum First Nation^[6]

On May 7, 2018, theW̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council was created as a representation of theW̱SÁNEĆ First Nations to the Government. The creation of this council not only brought three Indigenous groups together, but it also established a legal governing body. With this council, came many proposals and projects to benefit theW̱SÁNEĆ First Nations.

Includes:^[5]

• January 2018, the submission of a proposal for theGovernment of Canada to make the council a legal governing body (accepted).
• Submission of funding to the federal government's "National Rebuilding" program.
• Negotiations of a government to government project with theCapital Regional District.

TheW̱SÁNEĆ language orSaanich dialect is calledSENĆOŦEN.^[7] This dialect was revitalized by the late John Elliot, an important member of theW̱SÁNEĆ community and peoples.

Four of the Saanich First Nations, Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tseycum and Tsawout, created theȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ Tribal School in 1989. It holds classes from preschool to grade 10, with classes for adults in the adult centre next door to the high school whereSENĆOŦEN, theW̱SÁNEĆ language, andW̱SÁNEĆ culture are taught along with the provincial curriculum. The school is also a venue for community events.^[8]

• Coast Salish peoples

• Montler, Timothy (2018).SENĆOŦEN: A Dictionary of the Saanich Language(PDF) (Electronic ed.).University of Washington Press.

• Bill, Adriane; Cayou, Roxanne; & Jim, Jacqueline. (2003).NET'̸'E NEḰA'̸' SḴELÁLṈEW'̲' [One green tree]. Victoria, B.C.: First Peoples' Cultural Foundation & L̵ÁU,WELṈEW̲ Tribal School.ISBN 1-4120-0626-0.
• 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.

• An Outline of the Morphology and Phonology of Saanich, North Straits Salish(Timothy Montler's site)
• SENĆOŦEN Classified Word List
• SENĆOŦEN (Saanich, Northern Straits Salish)(Chris Harvey's Native Language, Font & Keyboard)
• Saanich Indian School Board website
• ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ Tribal School website and photo

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