Aboriginal
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A few aboriginal groups inhabited the area around Hawthorne Park include Sto:lo, Coast Salish peoples, Kwantlen First Nation, Qayqayt (Pronounced: Kee-Kite) First Nations, Tsawwassen First Nation, Squamish Nation, Musqueam Indian Band, and Semiahmoo First Nation.[1] One of the closest groups to Hawthorne Park, are the Qayqayt. The Qayqayt are an aboriginal group that lived very close to the area. Sadly, there are not very many members left in the Qayqayt tribe. Almost all of the members were wiped out by the small pox epidemic. They went from 400 members to only 6 officials and up to 100 rumoured to still be alive.[2] Since there are so little left they lost almost all of their land including the area around Hawthorne Park. When the government found out that there were still Qayqayt members, they received special permission to fish in the Fraser River.
- ^ "BC First Nations". BCAFN. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ "The Story Of Chief Rhonda Larrabee". RSS. Retrieved June 2, 2015.