bye Until the 1980s the term Kwakiutl was usually applied to all of the various First Nations peoples of northern Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Strait and the Johnstone Strait whose traditional Wakashan language was Kwak'wala and also a group of peoples erroneously called for many years the "Northern Kwakiutl", who are speakers of the related languages Haisla, Oowekyala (Owekeeno) and Heiltsuk, which are also Wakashan. Over time those First Nations began to resurrect and insist on the use of their own names for themselves and Kwakiutl, pronounced something like "kwag-yewlth", came to refer more specifically to the First Nation whose home community was at Fort Rupert near Port Hardy. The preferred collective term for these nations became "Kwakwaka'wakw" which means, those who speak the language Kwak'wala, although one Kwakwaka'wakw tribal council oranization continues to style itself the Kwakiutl District Council. First Nations is a Canadian term of ethnicity which refers to the aboriginal peoples located in what is now Canada, and their descendants who are neither Inuit nor Métis. ... Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ... Queen Charlotte Strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland in British Columbia, Canada. ... Johnstone Strait is a 110 km (68 mi) long strait between the north east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada and, running north to south, Hanson Island, West Cracroft Island, the mainland British Columbia coast, Hardwicke Island, West Thurlow Island and East Thurlow Island where it meets Discovery... Wakashan is a family of languages spoken around Vancouver Island. ... Kwakwala is a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakwakawakw and Laich-kwil-tach (Euclataws or Southern Kwakiutl) people of northern Vancouver Island. ... The Haisla language is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120km fjord that serves as a waterway for the... Oowekyala (also Rivers Inlet, Oweekeno, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oowekeeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, Oowekyala, Oweekala) is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, a North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language spoken around Rivers Inlet in British Columbia. ... The Heiltsuk language (pronounced: ), also known as Bella Bella, is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala language that is spoken by the Haihai (Xai-xais and Bella Bella First Nations peoples of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia... First Nations is a Canadian term of ethnicity which refers to the aboriginal peoples located in what is now Canada, and their descendants who are neither Inuit nor Métis. ... Location of Port Hardy, British Columbia Port Hardy is a small community in British Columbia, Canada located on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island. ... The Kwakwakawakw (also Kwakiutl) are an Indigenous nation, numbering about 5,500, who live in British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and the mainland. ... Survivor can mean different things in different contexts. ... The Kwakiutl District Council, also spelled Kwakwewlth District Council, is a First Nations government 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. ...

See also

• Kwakwaka'wakw music
• Haisla
• Wuikinuxv (aka Owekeeno or Rivers Inlet people)
• Heiltsuk (aka Bella Bella)
• Kwakiutl District Council

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