Musqueam


MUSQUEAM  () (X'muzk'i'um) are a Coast SALISHAN FIRST NATIONS group (see HALKOMELEM) who have lived on the north shore of the FRASER R near its mouth for at least 3,000 years. The site of their main village is now a reserve in VANCOUVER. The Musqueam took advantage of the rich fishery resources of the Fraser and also used other resource sites at least seasonally in BURRARD INLET, throughout the Fraser Delta, up the river and on the GULF...

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