Sencot'en Alliance Explained

The Sencot'en Alliance is a First Nations grouping, composed of the Tsartlip, Tsawout, Pauquachin bands from the Saanich Peninsula and the Semiahmoo from White Rock. "Sencot'en" (the language spoken by the Saanich First Nations people) is equivalent to "Saanich" in ethnographic terms.

Claim

The Alliance claims Greater Victoria, the southern half of the Gulf Islands, the San Juan Islands, Point Roberts and the adjacent mainland area up to the Coquitlam River and the whole of the area south of the Fraser River through to Seattle.^[1]

Member governments

First Nation	Population	Reference
Pauquachin	373	^[2]
Semiahmoo	81	^[3]
Tsartlip	825	^[4] ^[5]
Tsawout	764	^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: June 22, 2006. Alliance maps out at-risk treaty lands. CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. July 26, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090327210458/http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=9a392485-d9e6-446f-8145-2d249defdf20&k=98333. March 27, 2009.
2. Web site: 2009. Pauquachin. Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. July 26, 2009.
3. Web site: 2009. Semiahmoo. Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. July 26, 2009.
4. Web site: 2009. Tsartlip. Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. July 26, 2009.
5. Web site: Branch . Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada; Communications . 2008-11-14 . First Nation Profiles . . Government of Canada . 2023-02-23 .
6. Web site: 2009. Tsawout. Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. July 26, 2009.