Tseycum First Nation

Tseycum First Nation (SENĆOŦEN: W̱SÍḴEM, meaning "place of clay") is a W̱SÁNEĆ Coast Salish First Nation located on the Saanich Peninsula of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Tseycum is one of the communities of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, whose traditional territory includes the Saanich Peninsula, the southern Gulf Islands, and surrounding marine areas of the Salish Sea.

The Nation is among the signatories to the Douglas Treaties, agreements signed between representatives of the British Crown and several Coast Salish communities between 1850 and 1854.

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