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Sechelt Language

Sechelt is a Salishan language of British Columbia. Only a few dozen elders still speak the Sechelt language natively, but some young people are working to keep their ancestral language alive.

˜Sechelt Language Resources –

The Sechelt Language
Profile and linguistic bibliography of Sechelt from the Yinka Dene Language Institute.

Sechelt Language Plaque
Canadian human rights tribute written in Sechelt.

Sechelt
Demographic information about the Sechelt language from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Sechelt Culture and History Links –

The Sechelt:
Curtis' early 20th-century ethnography of the Squamish and Sechelt Indians.

Sechelt Map
Map showing Comox, Pentlatch, and Sechelt Indian territories.

˜Books For Sale On The Sechelts –

The Story of the Sechelt Nation
Book on the Sechelt Indian tribe for sale online.

Mayuk, the Grizzly Bear:

Ch'askin, the Thunderbird:

Salmon Boy:
The Legends of the Sechelt Nation series of children's books, produced by the Sechelt tribe.

˜Links, References, and Additional Information –

Sechelt Band

Sechelt Indians:
Sechelt links pages.

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