Nations
Each Kwakwaka'wakw nation has its own clans, chiefs, history, culture and peoples, but remain collectively similar to the rest of the Kwak'wala-speaking tribes. After the epidemics and colonization, some tribes have become extinct, and others have been merged into communities or First Nations band governments.
| Kwakwaka'wakw Nation | International Phonetic Alphabet | Translation | Village or Community location | Anglicized, archaic variants or adaptations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwagu'ł | Smoke-Of-The-World | Fort Rupert | Kwagyewlth, Kwakiutl | |
| Mamalilikala | The-People-Of-Malilikala | Village Island | ||
| 'Namgis | Those-Who-Are-One-When-They-Come-Together | Alert Bay, Nimpkish River | Nimpkish-Cheslakees | |
| Ławit'sis | Angry-ones | Turnour Island (ḵaluǥwis ) | Tlowitsis | |
| A'wa'et'ala | Those-Up-The-Inlet | Dzawadli, Knight Inlet | ||
| Da'naxda'xw | The-Sandstone-Ones | New Vancouver, Harbledown Island | Tanakteuk | |
| Ma'amtagila | Etsekin, i'tsika̱n | |||
| Dzawada'enuxw | People-Of-The-Óolachon-Country | Kingcome Inlet | Tsawataineuk | |
| Kwikwasut'inuxw | People-Of-The-Other-Side | Gilford Island | Kwicksutaineuk | |
| Gwawa'enuxw | Hopetown (Watson Island) | Gwawaenuk | ||
| Haxwa'mis | Wakeman Sound | Ah-kwa-mish | ||
| 'Nak'waxda'xw | Blunden Harbour, Seymour Inlet, & Deserters Group | Nakoaktok, Nakwoktak | ||
| Gwa'sala | Smith Inlet, Burnett Bay | Gwasilla, Quawshelah | ||
| Gusgimukw | Quatsino | Koskimo | ||
| Gwat'sinuxw | Head-Of-Inlet-People | Winter Harbour | Quatsino | |
| T'lat'lasikwala | Those-Of-The-Ocean-Side | Hope Island | ||
| Weka'yi | Cape Mudge, Quadra Island | Weiwaikai, Yuculta, Euclataws, Laich-kwil-tach, Lekwiltok, Likw'ala | ||
| Wiwekam | Campbell River | Weiwaikum |
Read more about this topic: Kwakwaka'wakw People
Famous quotes containing the word nations:
“There have been some nations who could do nothing but construct tombs, and these are the only traces which they have left. They are the heathen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters—not to talk in armies and nations and numbers—but to track it home.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Vivenza might be likened to St. John, feeding on locusts and wild honey, and with prophetic voice, crying to the nations from the wilderness.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)