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The Sts'ailes (Halkomelem: Stsʼaʼí:les), also known as Chehalis (/ ʃ ə ˈ h eɪ l ɪ s / ⓘ shə-HAY-liss) are an indigenous people from the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Their band government is the Sts'ailes Nation , formerly known as the Chehalis First Nation or Chehalis Indian Band. [ 1 ]
The Chehalis Reservation ranges 4,438 acres (17.96 km 2), and is home to more than 600 American Indians. The reservation was first established in 1860 for the Lower and Upper Chehalis people . Originally 4,224.63 acres (17.10 km 2 ) larger, 3,753.63 acres (15.19 km 2 ) of land was distributed to non-native settlers in 1866 via Executive Order.
The Sts'Ailes, who live at Chehalis, British Columbia, have extensive traditions concerning the Sasquatch, whom they regard as another tribe and whom they continue to encounter into modern times. According to Sts'Ailes stories, the Sasquatch speak the Douglas language, i.e. Stʼatʼimc , the version of St'at'imcets spoken at Port Douglas , at ...
The Lower Chehalis (/ ʃ ə ˈ h eɪ l ɪ s / ⓘ shə-HAY-liss) are a Southwestern Coast Salish people indigenous to Washington state.Today, the Lower Chehalis do not maintain a distinct sovereign identity, [1] although people of Lower Chehalis descent are enrolled in several federally recognized tribes, such as the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation ...
Chehalis people may refer to: Lower Chehalis people; Upper Chehalis people; Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, a federally recognized tribe of Upper ...
The Sts'ailes Nation (Halkomelem: Stsʼaʼí:les), formerly known as Chehalis First Nation (/ ʃ ə ˈ h eɪ l ɪ s / ⓘ shə-HAY-liss), is the band government of the Sts'Ailes people, whose territories lie between Deroche and Agassiz, British Columbia. [1]
Lower Chehalis people, a Native American people in Washington state Lower Chehalis language; Upper Chehalis people. Upper Chehalis language; Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Washington state; Sts'ailes people, formerly called the Chehalis people, British Columbia
The Upper Chehalis are succeeded by the federally-recognized Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. In the 1980s, the tribe had a population of 425. The Chehalis Reservation is 4,215 acres (1,706 ha), with less than 50% owned by Native Americans, and only 1,952 acres (790 ha) are held in trust .