Pauquachin
The Pauquachin (formerly also Pak-quw-chin) are one of the First Nations living on Vancouver Island on the Pacific coast of Canada . They belong to the Saanich living around Victoria , more precisely, together with the Malahat to the southern Saanich.
Thus they belong to the group of the North Straits Salish or Lekwungaynung speaking tribal group, to which the Saanich, the Songhees and the T'sou-ke First Nation belong. These in turn belong to the coastal Salish . The Pauquachin are members of the Te'Mexw Treaty Association , which conducts multi- tribal treaty negotiations with the governments of Canada and British Columbia .
Their houses stand between Gordon Head and Cowichan Head. They are one of the five groups of houses or "families" of the Saanich, which in addition to the two named also include the Tsawout (on Saanichton Bay), the Tseycum (on Patricia Bay) and the Tsarlip (on Brentwood Bay). In August 2009, 374 people were recognized as pauquachin.
history
Contract with the Hudson's Bay Company
In 1852, Governor James Douglas signed two treaties with the Saanich. He concluded one with the southern Saanich, i.e. with Pauquachin and Malahat, on February 6, 1852 - signed by Whut-say mullet and nine other people - and one on February 11 with the northern Saanich. Against several hundred blankets, this contract was the basis to take their land from them, similar to the neighboring Songhees in 1850 .
Reservations
The Pauquachin live on three reservations on Saanich Inlet south of Mill Bay and in the Goldstream and Highland District at the southern end of the Finlayson Arm and at the mouth of the Goldstream River. Cole Bay 3 covers 284.7 ha, Hatch Point 12 exactly 36.8 ha and Goldstream 13 at the mouth of the river of the same name 4.8 ha. In August 2009, the Pauquachin counted exactly 374 people. 232 tribesmen lived in the reservation, 38 in other reservations, and another 104 lived outside the reservations.
The reservations were assigned to them in 1877.
Current situation
In 1995 it was officially determined that the decades of conversion of the region around the Saanich Inlet had led to massive destruction. In 1997, a study into cultural development found something similar. These investigations were related to the Bamberton Town Development Project , an expansion project right next to the Malahat area, a project with far-reaching ecological and thus also cultural effects.
Under the leadership of the Environmental Assessment Office , a project was developed that should take into account the demands of the six affected tribes, i.e. the Malahat , Tsartlip , Pauquachin, Tseycum and Tsawout bands, and the Cowichan Tribes. The report outlined the traditional and current uses of the land concerned. The experiences from this led to the protection of various areas in the newly created city and in 1998 resulted in the participation of the Indians in the development of marine protected areas.
See also
- History of the Saanich
- History of the Coastal Salish
- History of British Columbia
- First Nations history
- List of Indian tribes recognized in Canada
Web links
- Saanich Classified Word List
- Saanich Archives (City Archives)
- Texts of the Douglas Treaties ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
See also
Remarks
- ↑ According to the information from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , First Nation Profiles: Pauquachin ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
