Kwakiutl District Council
- Kwakiutl District Council
The Kwakiutl District Council, also spelled Kwakwewlth District Council, is a First Nations Tribal Council based on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, based in the community of Campbell River, British Columbia in the northern Strait of Georgia but including membership nations spanning northern Vancouver Island as far as Quatsino Sound. The nations of the Kwakiutl District Council are all Kwakwaka'wakw (speakers of Kwak'wala).
Treaty groups within the Kwakiutl District Council
The Quatsino First Nation, Tlatlasikwala Nation, Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation are members of the Winalagalis Treaty Group.
The K'ómoks (Comox) First Nation, Kwiakah First Nation, Wei Wai Kai (Cape Mudge First Nation) and Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River First Nation) are members of the Laich-Kwil-Tach K'omoks Council of Chiefs (Hamatla Treaty Society).
The Kwakiutl First Nation is not in the treaty process at present.
Member governments
*Campbell River First Nation (see Wei Wai Kum and Laich-kwil-tach)
*Cape Mudge First Nation (see Wei Wai Kai and Laich-kwil-tach)
*Comox First Nation (see K'ómoks)
*Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation
*Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation
*Kwakiutl First Nation
*Kwiakah First Nation
*Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em First Nation
*Quatsino First Nation
*Tlatlasikwala Nation
ee also
*Laich-kwil-tach (aka Euclataws, or Yucultas)
*Kwakwaka'wakw
*Kwak'wala (language)
External links
* [http://www.kwakiutldistrictcouncil.com/ Kwakiutl District Council website] ("coming soon")
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Kwakiutl — en Vancouver, Canadá. Los Kwakiutl son una tribu amerindia que hablan lenguas wakash. Su nombre significa playa al lado norte del río . Se dividía en tres grupos: haisla o kitimat, hailtzuk o Oowekyala (que comprende los subgrupos bellabella,… … Wikipedia Español
Kwakiutl — The term Kwakiutl, historically applied to the entire Kwakwaka wakw ethno linguistic group of originally 28 tribes, comes from one of the Kwakwaka wakw tribes, the Kwagu ł or Kwagyeulth, at Fort Rupert, with whom Franz Boas did most of his… … Wikipedia
Kwakiutl First Nation — The Kwakiutl First Nation is a First Nations government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focussed on the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait region, and also known as the Fort… … Wikipedia
Tribal Council — This article is about the administrations of Native American tribes and Canadian First Nations peoples. For the Tribal Council on CBS s Survivor, see Tribal Council (Survivor). A Tribal Council is either: (1) an association of Native American… … Wikipedia
Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw First Nation — A Nakwaxda xw neck ring. The Gwa Sala Nakwaxda xw Nation is a First Nations band government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focussed on the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait… … Wikipedia
Laich-kwil-tach — Wohngebiet Traditionelles Stammesgebiet der Lekwiltok und heutige Reservate (orange). Systematik Kulturareal … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lekwiltok — Traditionelles Territorium der Lekwiltok und heutige Reservate (orange) Die Lekwiltok oder Laich kwil tach sind eine der kanadischen First Nations in der Provinz British Columbia. Sie leben im Norden von Vancouver Island und auf dem gegenüber… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kwakwaka'wakw — The Kwakwaka wakw (also Kwakiutl) are an Indigenous nation, numbering about 5,500, who live in British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and the mainland. Kwakwaka wakw translates into Kwak wala speaking tribes , describing the collective… … Wikipedia
Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation — The Da naxda xw Awaetlatla Nation is a First Nation government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focused on the community of Alert Bay, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait region. It is a member of the… … Wikipedia
List of tribal councils in British Columbia — The following is a List of Tribal Councils in British Columbia. For unaffiliated band governments see List of First Nations governments in British Columbia. Treaty Council organizations are not listed.*Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council *Carrier… … Wikipedia
