Musqueam Nation
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Musqueam Indian Band xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Musqueam |
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| Autonomous area | |
 Territory of the Musqueam Indian Band |
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Band council |
| • Chief | Wayne Sparrow |
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List of Councillors
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| Area | |
| • Total | 1,448.88 km2 (559.42 sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Postal code span | V3H, V3J–N, V3V V4C, V4K, V4G V5- to V7- |
| Area code(s) | 604, 778 |
| Ethnic groups | Coast Salish |
| Languages | hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, English |
| Website | www |
The Musqueam Indian Band (Halkomelem: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm IPA: [xʷməθkʷəy’əm]) is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia and is the only First Nations band whose reserve community lies within the boundaries of the City of Vancouver.
The name Musqueam relates to the grass məθkʷəy̓ which grew in throughout the community of Musqueam. It was noted that in some periods the məθkʷəy̓ grass flourished, and in some periods it could scarcely be found. It was also noted that in some periods the Musqueam people would flourish and in some periods the population would dwindle, perhaps by a plague or war. In this way the people became known as the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm or Musqueam.
The Musqueam are the oldest-known residents of Vancouver. The Great Marpole Midden (also known as the Eburne Site, or Great Fraser Midden), is an ancient Musqueam village and burial site located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. Also known as the Great Fraser Midden, a thousands-year old deposit of skeletal remains, artefacts, stone and wooden tools, artwork and shells. The village itself was known as c̓əsnaʔəm. Formerly there was a second residential area near the current one, maləy̓, known in English as Mahlie.
Musqueam's ancestors, the Coast Salish, have lived in the Fraser River estuary for thousands of years. Their traditional territory encompasses the lands, lakes and streams defined and included by a line commencing at Harvey Creek in Howe Sound and proceeding eastward to the height of land and continuing on the height of land around the entire watershed draining into English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm; south along the height of land between Coquitlam River and Brunette River to the Fraser River, across to the south or left bank of the Fraser River and proceeding downstream taking in the left bank of the main stream and the South Arm to the sea, including all those intervening lands, islands and waters back along the sea shore to Harvey Creek, and the sea, its reefs, flats, tidal lands and islands adjacent to the above described land and out to the centre of Georgia Strait.
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