title: First Nations in British Columbia
text: # First Nations in British Columbia
  
  First Nations in British Columbia constitute many First Nations governments and peoples in the province of British Columbia. Many of these Indigenous Canadians are affiliated in tribal councils. Ethnic groups include the Haida, Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw, Gitxsan, Tsimshian, Nisga'a and other examples of the Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, and also various Interior Salish and Athapaskan peoples, and also the Ktunaxa.
  
  ## First Nations in British Columbia
  
  ### First Nations of the Lower Mainland
  
  * Sts'Ailes (Chehalis)/ Chehalis Indian Band
  * Musqueam First Nation
  * Katzie/Katzie First Nation
  * Tsawwassen First Nation
  * SemiahmooSemiahmoo First Nation
  * Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (Burrard Band)
  * Kwikwetlem First Nation (Coquitlam Indian Band)
  