Nkwala

Nkwala

Nkwala may be a reference to:

  • Nicola (chief), aka Nkwala, a prominent chief of the Okanagan, Shuswap and Nicola peoples in British Columbia
  • Nicola people, a group of people named after their founder, Chief Nicola
  • Nkwala, a novel by Edith L. Sharp, winner of the Governor General's Award for Juvenile Fiction in 1958.
  • Mount Nkwala, a mountain in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia named for the novel by Edith L. Sharp

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  • Nicola (chief) — Nicola (1780/1785 1865) (Spokan Hwistesmetxe qen, Walking Grizzly Bear), also Nkwala or N kwala, was an important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia Interior (early 19th century to 1858) as well as into… …   Wikipedia

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  • Governor General's Award for English language children's literature — This is a list of the Governor General s Award winner for children s literature. The current award was created in 1987. Previously from 1949 to 1958 an award for juvenile literature existed.Juvenile fiction winners*1949 R.S. Lambert, Franklin of… …   Wikipedia

  • Edith L. Sharp — Edith Lambert Sharp (March 7, 1917 unknown) was a Canadian writer.She was born near Carroll, Manitoba, daughter of Charles Lambert and Edna Louise (Malon) Sharp. She dropped out of high school in Penticton, British Columbia after one year. She… …   Wikipedia

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