Their swiya (world, 'Territory’) comprises 515,000 hectares that stretches from xwesam (Roberts Creek) in the southeast, to x̱enichen (Jervis Inlet) in the north, to kwekwenis (Lang Bay) in the southwest.

The band collaborated with University of British Columbia linguist Ron Beaumont to create a Sechelt Dictionary.

[3][4] The tems swiya Museum is a cultural heritage museum owned and operated by the shíshálh Nation and located within their administrative complex in ch’atlich (Sechelt), British Columbia.

Disease (especially smallpox) became rampant, and resulted in a severe decrease of the shíshálh population at their various ancestral settlements.

The agreement is a commitment to working together to protect the environment, as well as promote economic opportunity and growth for the shíshálh Nation and the entire Sechelt region.