Tseycum
The Tseycum are one of the First Nations living on Vancouver Island on the Pacific coast of Canada . They belong to the Saanich living around Victoria .
Their houses are on Brentwood Bay. The 166 Tseycum (August 2009) form one of the five groups of houses or "families" of the Saanich, which include the Malahat and Pauquachin (between Gordon Head and Cowichan Head), the Tsawout (on Saanichton Bay) and the Tsarlip (on the Brentwood Bay) belong.
They all belong to the North Straits Salish or Lekwungaynung speaking tribal group that includes the Saanich, Songhees and T'sou-ke First Nation. These in turn belong to the coastal Salish who live between Vancouver Island and Washington.
history
Contract with the Hudson's Bay Company
In 1852, James Douglas signed two contracts with the Saanich. He concluded one on February 6 with the southern Saanich, i.e. the Pauquachin and Malahat, and one on February 11 with the northern Saanich including the Tseycum - signed by Hotutstun and 117 other people. Against several hundred blankets, this contract was the basis to take their land from them, similar to the neighboring Songhees in 1850 .
Reservations
The approximately 157 Tseycum still live in the reserves assigned in 1877, which in turn go back to the treaty of 1852. These are five areas, Union Bay 4 (28 ha), Saturna Island 7 (145.7 ha), Pender Island 8 (3.2 ha), Bare Island 9 (10.5 ha) and Goldstream 13 (4th , 8 ha). In August 2009, 66 of the 166 Tseycum lived in their own reserve, 42 in other reserves and 57 outside, as well as one man on crown land .
Current situation
The Tseycum and Tsawout are tribes that have appeared in the press over disputes over burial sites. These two tribes were about a site on Pender Island that should give way to a resort. It took six months to come to an agreement.
Remarks
- ↑ According to the information from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , First Nation Profiles: Tseycum ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. .
Web links
- Saanich Classified Word List
- Saanich Archives (City Archives)
- Texts of the Douglas Treaties ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )