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Beecher Bay
Band No. 640
Klallam: *SC’IȺNEW*
Land
Map of Beecher Bay First Nation tribal territory
People	Coast Salish
Treaty	Douglas Treaties
Headquarters	Sooke
Province	British Columbia
Main reserve	Becher Bay 1
Other reserve(s)	List Becher Bay 2 Fraser Island 6 Lamb Island 5 Long Neck Island 9 Twin Island 10 Village Island 7 Whale Island 8
Land area	307.7 km
Population (2024)
On reserve	103
On other land	12
Off reserve	159
Total population	274
Government
Chief	Russ Chipps
Council	Traci Pateman Sheeba Sawyer
Tribal Council
Te'mexw Treaty Association
Website
scianew.com

The Sc'ianew First Nation or Beecher Bay First Nation is a First Nations group, governed by a band governmental body of the same name. They are a party involved in the Douglas Treaties and are negotiating a modern treaty as a member of the Te'mexw Treaty Association along with the Malahat, Nanoose, Songhees, and T'Souke Nations. The Sc'ianew First Nation number 261 (as of March 2020).

Sc'ianew lands are located on southern Vancouver Island in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and include Becher Bay, Fraser Island, Lamb Island, Long-neck Island, Twin Island, Village Island, and Whale Island.

Languages

The name "Sc'ianew" (pronounced CHEA-nuh in English) comes from the Klallam word for Becher Bay, "xʷčiyánəxʷ." It means "the place of the big fish."

The group recognizes four ancestral languages though not all are currently spoken. Historically, the predominant language was Hul’q’umi’num’, the downriver dialect of the Halkomelem Language.

References

"First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
Reconciliation, Ministry of Indigenous Relations and. "Sc'ianew (Beecher Bay) First Nation - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
"Beecher Bay". Te'mexw Treaty Association. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
"Home — Sc'ianew First Nation (Beecher Bay)". beecherbay.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
"Klallam Language". klallamlanguage.org. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
"The Halkomelem Language". www.ydli.org. Retrieved 2022-10-31.

External Links

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Peoples	Chawathil Cheam Sts'ailes (WA) Stz'uminus Clemclemaluts Comiaken Copalis Cowlitz Duwamish Esquimalt Halalt Hoh Homalco Humptulips Katzie Khenipsen Kilpahlas Klahoose Klallam Koksilah Kwa-kwa-a-pilt Kwantlen Kway-quit-lam Matsqui Musqueam Nanoose Nuxalk Malahat Sliammon Snuneymuxw Tsawwassen Tsleil-Waututh shíshálh Squamish Semiahmoo Sumas Sq'éwlets Sts'ailes Leq'á:mel Popkum Seabird Island Skwah Skway Shilshole Shxw'ow'hamel Skawahlook Skowkale Soowahlie Squiala Stó꞉lō Tzeachten Yakweakwioose T'souk-e Tsartlip Somena Quamichan Penelakut Lamalcha Saanich Lummi Nooksack Lower Skagit Upper Skagit Skokomish Muckleshoot Sammamish Samish Sauk-Suiattle Snohomish Snoqualmie Skykomish Nisqually Puyallup Stillaquamish Suquamish Swinomish Tulalip Quinault Sahewamish Wynoochee Satsop Nehalem (Tillamook) Siletz Quamichan Somena
Governments	Aitchelitz Band Chawathil First Nation Cheam First Nation Kwantlen First Nation Katzie First Nation Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation Leq'á:mel First Nation Matsqui First Nation Popkum Band Sq'éwlets First Nation Seabird Island Band Skwah First Nation Skway First Nation Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation Skawahlook First Nation Skowkale First Nation Soowahlie First Nation Squiala First Nation Sto꞉lo Nation Chiefs Council Stó꞉lō Tribal Council Sumas First Nation Tzeachten First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Sts'ailes Nation Tsleil-waututh First Nation Musqueam Indian Band Katzie First Nation Kwikwetlem First Nation Semiahmoo First Nation Chemainus First Nation Halalt First Nation Homalco First Nation Klahoose First Nation Malahat First Nation Nanoose First Nation Peters First Nation Tla'amin Nation shíshálh Nation Snuneymuxw First Nation Tsawwassen First Nation Yale First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Tseycum First Nation Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Squamish Nation Union Bar First Nation Nuxalk Nation T'Sou-ke Nation Esquimalt First Nation Tsawout First Nation Cowichan Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Cowlitz Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Lummi Nation Makah Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Samish Indian Nation Skokomish Indian Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Suquamish Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes
Organizations and institutions	Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency Washington Indian Gaming Association Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
Culture and society	Music Mythology Art
Languages	Comox Island Comox † Sliammon/Mainland Comox Pentlatch Halkomelem shíshálh Squamish Nooksack North Straits Lummi Saanich Samish Semiahmoo Songhees T'sou-ke Klallam Lushootseed Northern and Southern Twana Cowlitz Quinault

First Nations in British Columbia

Cultural areas: Northwest Coast, Plains, Plateau, Subarctic

Ethnolinguistic groups

Athabaskan	Dakelh Daneẕaa Sekani Tlingit Tsilhqot'in
Salishan	Hul'qumi'num Klallam K'ómoks Musqueam Nlaka'pamux Nuxalk Scw'exmx Secwépemc SEMYOME Shishá7lh Sinixt Skwxwú7mesh St'at'imc Stó:lō W̱SÁNEĆ
Tsimshianic	Gitxsan Nisga'a Tsimshian
Wakashan	Ditidaht Haisla Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Laich-kwil-tach Heiltsuk Nuučaan̓uł Wuikinuxv
Isolate	Haida Ktunaxa

Treaties and land claims

Douglas Treaties (1850-1854)
Treaty 8 (1899)
Nisga'a (1998)
Modern treaty process (ongoing)

Tribal councils and
band governments

Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council (Williams Lake)	Lhoosk'uz Lhtako Tlʼesqox Ulkatcho
Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council (Prince George)	Nadleh Whuten Saik'uz Stellat'en Takla Tl'azt'en Ts'il Kaz Koh Wet'suwet'en
Gitksan Tribal Services Society (Hazelton)	Gitanmaax Gitanyow Glen Vowell Kispiox
Council of the Haida Nation (Masset)	Old Massett Skidegate
Kaska Dena Council (Lower Post)	Daylu Dena Dease River Kwadacha
Ktunaxa Nation Council Society (Cranbrook)	?Akisq'nuk ?aqam Lower Kootenay Tobacco Plains
Kwakiutl District Council (Campbell River)	Campbell River Cape Mudge Da'naxda'xw Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw K'ómoks Kwakiutl Kwiakah Mamalilikulla Tlatlasikwala
Lillooet Tribal Council (Lillooet)	Bridge River Cayoose Creek T'it'q'et Ts'kw'aylaxw Tsal'alh Xaxli'p
Lower St'atl'imx Tribal Council (Pemberton)	Douglas Lil'wat N'Quatqua Samahquam Skatin
Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw Tribal Council (Campbell River)	Dzawada'enuxw Gwawaenuk Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis
Naut'sa Mawt Tribal Council (Delta)	Halalt Homalco Klahoose Malahat Nanoose Snuneymuxw Stz'uminus T'Sou-ke Tla'amin Tsawwassen Tsleil-Waututh
Nisga'a Nation (Gitlax̱t'aamiks)	Ging̱olx Gitlax̱t'aamiks Gitwinksihlkw Lax̱g̱alts’ap
Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council (Lytton)	Boothroyd Boston Bar Lytton Oregon Jack Creek Skuppah Spuzzum
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council Society (Williams Lake)	Canim Lake Soda Creek Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Williams Lake
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (Port Alberni)	Ahousaht Ditidaht Ehattesaht Hesquiaht Hupacasath Huu-ay-aht Mowachaht/Muchalaht Nuchatlaht Tla-o-qui-aht Toquaht Tseshaht Uchucklesaht Ucluelet
Okanagan Nation Alliance (Westbank)	Lower Similkameen Okanagan Osoyoos Penticton Upper Similkameen Westbank
Scw'exmx Tribal Council (Merritt)	Coldwater Cook's Ferry Nicomen Nooaitch Shackan Siska Upper Nicola
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council (Kamloops)	Adams Lake Bonaparte Neskonlith Shuswap Simpcw Skeetchestn Splatsin Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Whispering Pines/Clinton
Sto:lo Nation (Chilliwack)	Aitchelitz Leq' a: mel Matsqui Popkum Shxwhá:y Skawahlook Skowkale Squiala Sumas Tzeachten Yakweakwioose
Sto:lo Tribal Council (Agassiz)	Chawathil Cheam Kwantlen Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt Seabird Island Shxw'ow'hamel Soowahlie Sq'éwlets
Te'mexw Treaty Association (Victoria)	Scia'new Malahat Nanoose Songhees T'Sou-ke
Treaty 8 Tribal Association (Fort St. John)	Doig River Fort Nelson Halfway River Prophet River Saulteau West Moberly
Tsilhqot'in National Government (Williams Lake)	?Esdilagh Tl'etinqox Tŝideldel Xeni Gwet'in Yunesit'in
Wuikinuxv-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council (Bella Coola)	Kitasoo Nuxalk Wuikinuxv
Unaffiliated	Ashcroft Cheslatta Esk'etemc Gitxaala Gitga'at Haisla High Bar Iskut Katzie Kitselas Kitsumkalum Kwikwetlem Lax Kw'alaams Little Shuswap Lake McLeod Lake Metlakatla Musqueam Nazko Nee-Tahi-Buhn Nak'azdli Whut'en Peters Semiahmoo Skin Tyee Skwah Squamish Sts'ailes Tahltan Taku River Tsay Keh Dene Union Bar Witset Yale
Not federally recognized	Kelly Lake

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