{"id":19,"date":"2017-10-10T19:13:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T19:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/?p=19"},"modified":"2017-10-10T19:13:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T19:13:44","slug":"social-studies-what-is-traditional-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/social-studies-what-is-traditional-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCIAL STUDIES: What is traditional territory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aboriginal.viu.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/bc-first-nations-map.jpg\" width=\"1509\" height=\"1445\">Territory and Nation<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Traditional territories are the lands where First Peoples have lived for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>Hereditary leaders are people who are chiefs because they were born into a family of chiefs.&nbsp; For example, their grandfather and father were the chief too.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 203 First Nations in BC has its own traditional territory.&nbsp; Each First Nation is made up of families, clans, or house groups with <strong>hereditary leaders<\/strong>.&nbsp; The chiefs are responsible for their individual territory within the province of British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Salish people are a group of First Nations that live on the coast of British Columbia.&nbsp; They have similar languages and customs.&nbsp; All the land in BC is part of the traditional territories of one First Nation or another.&nbsp; We live in the Musqueam nation.&nbsp; Many First Nations will use Totem Poles to tell about their ancestors and family history.<\/p>\n<p>We must use our manners when we are in someone else\u2019s territory.&nbsp; We <strong>acknowledge<\/strong> that we are on Coast Salish territory when we have assemblies.&nbsp; First Nations people ask permission before visiting a neighboring band.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gitxsangc.com\/images\/uploads\/BC%20FIRST_NATIONS_AND_(ASETS)_MAP%202011.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Territory and Nation Traditional territories are the lands where First Peoples have lived for thousands of years. Hereditary leaders are people who are chiefs because they were born into a family of chiefs.&nbsp; For example, their grandfather and father were the chief too. Each of the 203 First Nations in BC has its own traditional &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/social-studies-what-is-traditional-territory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SOCIAL STUDIES: What is traditional territory?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7552,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/westj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}