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The Wuikinuxv people also known as the Wuikenukv, Oweekeno, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oowekeeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, or Rivers Inlet people, are a First Nations people of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake, to the north of Queen Charlotte Strait. The Wuikinuxv people and their neighbours the Heiltsuk and Haisla peoples were in the past sometimes known incorrectly as the "Northern Kwakiutl". The government of the Wuikinuxv people is the Wuikinuxv Nation. First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ...
Central Coast Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. ...
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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. ...
Queen Charlotte Strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Heiltsuk (pronounced HAIL-tsuk)(also Bella Bella) is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that is spoken by a few Haihai and Bella Bella Native Americans around Bella Bella and Klemtu, British Columbia. ...
The Haisla (also Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islak̕ala, X̌àʔislak̕ala, X̄a’islak’ala, X̣aʔislak’ala, Xaislakala) are a First Nation people living at Kitamaat in British Columbia. ...
Culture
A recently completed Bighouse, which is the first in many long years, is the focus on a rebuilding of the Wuikenukv society.
The culture was structured much the same as the other indigenous peoples of the coast. At the height of the coastal civilization, the Wuikenukv territory encompassed the mouth of Rivers Inlet to the head waters of Owikeno Lake. 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. ...
Location and services At present the small community of Rivers Inlet, British Columbia exists on the banks of the 3 km Wannock River, which connects Owikeno Lake to the head or Rivers Inlet. It has an airstrip and daily service from a local airline. 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. ...
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Oowekyala (also Wuikala, Rivers Inlet, Wuikenukv, 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 A recently completed Bighouse, which is the first in many long years, is...
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