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Kwantlen First Nation
Indigenous reserve in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kwantlen First Nation (Halkomelem: qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓) is a First Nations band government in British Columbia, Canada, located primarily on McMillan Island near Fort Langley.[1] The Kwantlen people traditionally speak hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the Downriver dialect of Halkomelem,[2] one of the Salishan family languages.
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Kwantlen First Nation
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![]() Location of Kwantlen in Metro Vancouver | |
Coordinates: 49°10′06.78″N 122°34′47.15″W | |
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• Type | Band council |
Area | |
• Land | 5.59 km2 (2.16 sq mi) |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 400 |
Website | www |
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The Kwantlen are a Stó:lō people (an ethnicity which includes the nearby Katzie and Kwikwetlem First Nations among many others throughout British Columbia's Lower Mainland region), though as of June 2018, Kwantlen withdrew from the Sto:lo Tribal Council and currently operates as an independent Nation.