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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. The nations of the Kwakiutl District Council are all Kwakwaka'wakw (speakers of Kwak'wala). First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ...
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. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km...
Campbell River is a city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage. ...
Strait of Georgia at sunset The Strait of Georgia (also known as Georgia Strait and the Gulf of Georgia) is a 240 km (150 mi)-long strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ...
The Kwakwakawakw (also Kwakiutl) are an Indigenous nation, numbering about 5,500, who live in British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and the mainland. ...
Kwakwala is a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakwakawakw and Laich-kwil-tach (Euclataws or Southern Kwakiutl) people of northern Vancouver Island. ...
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 Quatsino First Nation is a First Nation government based on the west coast of northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focused on the community of Coal Harbour in Quatsino Sound. ...
The Tlatlasikwala 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. ...
The Danaxdaxw 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. ...
The GwaSala-Nakwaxdaxw Nation is a First Nation 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. ...
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. 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 Rupert Band. ...
Member governments Laich-kwil-tach is the proper spelling in the Kwakwala language of the name used for themselves by the Southern Kwakiutl people of Quadra Island and Campbell River. ...
Laich-kwil-tach is the proper spelling in the Kwakwala language of the name used for themselves by the Southern Kwakiutl people of Quadra Island and Campbell River. ...
The Danaxdaxw 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. ...
The GwaSala-Nakwaxdaxw Nation is a First Nation 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. ...
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 Rupert Band. ...
The Quatsino First Nation is a First Nation government based on the west coast of northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focused on the community of Coal Harbour in Quatsino Sound. ...
The Tlatlasikwala 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. ...
See also Laich-kwil-tach is the proper spelling in the Kwakwala language of the name used for themselves by the Southern Kwakiutl people of Quadra Island and Campbell River. ...
The Kwakwakawakw (also Kwakiutl) are an Indigenous nation, numbering about 5,500, who live in British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and the mainland. ...
Kwakwala is a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakwakawakw and Laich-kwil-tach (Euclataws or Southern Kwakiutl) people of northern Vancouver Island. ...
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