Stó꞉lō
Group of First Nations peoples in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Stó꞉lō[1] (/ˈstɔːloʊ/), alternately written as Sto꞉lo, Stó:lô, or Stó:lõ, historically as Staulo or Stahlo, and historically known and commonly referred to in ethnographic literature as the Fraser River Indians or Lower Fraser Salish, are a group of First Nations peoples inhabiting the Fraser Valley and lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada, part of the loose grouping of Coast Salish nations. Stó꞉lō is the Halqemeylem word for "river", so the Stó꞉lō are the river people. The first documented reference to these people as "the Stó꞉lō" occurs in Catholic Oblate missionary records from the 1880s. Prior to this, references were primarily to individual tribal groups such as Matsqui, Ts’elxweyeqw, or Sumas.
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Total population | |
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8,876 (2017) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Canada (British Columbia) | |
Languages | |
English, Upriver Halkomelem | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Animism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Coast Salish |
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