Talk:Qayqayt First Nation

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A fact from Qayqayt First Nation appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 August 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Qayqayt First Nation, of New Westminster, British Columbia, was thought to be extinct until 1994 when Rhonda Larrabee became the only member? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/August.

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This article has been mentioned by a media organization: Brett, David Howe (2022-11-14). "Does New Westminster's Qayqayt First Nation Exist?". The New Westminster Times.

On 8 October 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from New Westminster Indian Band to Qayqayt First Nation. The result of the discussion was moved.

Too many primary sources tag should be removed

There are no high quality secondary sources on this subject. All contemporary secondary sources involve sole-sourced information from an interested party with financial motives identified on this page. 2605:B100:959:CC3:3190:1B11:FC1D:77D5 (talk) 07:58, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 8 October 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 00:28, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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New Westminster Indian Band → Qayqayt First Nation – Qayqayt First Nation is the common name (and self-preferred name) used to refer to the band, regardless of objections to the band's use of the name "Qayqayt", which is outside of this Wikipedia policy–based discussion. While "New Westminster Indian Band" is the official name of the band under the Indian Act, it is seldom used outside of legal documents and correspondence. The provincial (BC) government, for instance, uses "Qayqayt First Nation (New Westminister)", while the federal (Canadian) government uses "New Westminster", with "Indian Band" excluded in both cases. The New Westminster school board also recognises the name Qayqayt First Nation.

For reference, editors can compare Google searches of Qayqayt First Nation, New Westminster Indian Band, and the somewhat erroneous amalgamation of the two New Westminster First Nation, and evaluate the results and number of results. Yue🌙 00:16, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom, it should probably say in parentheses in the lede: (officially known as the New Westminster Indian Band) if this is the case. For further evidence, Qayqayt FN has 50 hits on google Scholar [1] and NWIB has 13, mostly about law [2] PersusjCP (talk) 20:37, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.