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Record 1 1978-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • National History
DEF

a Salishan people of Vancouver Island.

OBS

According to Webster's, usually capitalized, and the plural form is "cowichan" or cowichans".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Histoires nationales
DEF

Groupe de tribus Salish parlant un même dialecte et habitant le sud-ouest de l'île de Vancouver, entre la baie de Nanoose et l'anse de Saanish, et la vallée inférieure de la rivière Fraser (...)

OBS

[Les] Cowichans. (...) des tribus Cowichan (...)

Spanish

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