Kwakwaka'wakw

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The Kwakwaka'wakw are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, known for their complex potlatch ceremonies, rich oral traditions, and distinctive art and mask carving.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethnic group
First Nations people
Indigenous people
affectedBy Canadian potlatch ban
country Canada
culturalRegion Northwest Coast culture area
hasArtForm dance
mask making
painting
totem pole carving
weaving
wood carving
hasCeremony Hamatsa ceremony
linked to: Kuksu ceremony

potlatch
hasClanSystem yes
hasCommunity Alert Bay
Fort Rupert
Gilford Island
Kingcome Inlet
Village Island
hasNotableArtCenter U'mista Cultural Centre
knownFor complex ceremonial life
dance regalia
distinctive art
mask carving
potlatch ceremonies
rich oral traditions
totem poles
languageFamily Wakashan languages
locatedIn Pacific Northwest Coast
linked to: Pacific Northwest
primaryRegion British Columbia
recognizedAs First Nation under Canadian law
religion Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
socialOrganization extended kin groups
ranked hereditary nobility
timeOfPotlatchBan 1885–1951
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalFood herring
salmon
sea mammals
shellfish
traditionalHousing plank houses
traditionalLanguage Kwakʼwala
traditionalTerritory Central Coast of British Columbia
Northern Vancouver Island
Queen Charlotte Strait region

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thunderbird foundInTraditionsOf Kwakwakaʼwakw
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people neighboringPeople Kwakwaka'wakw people
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
British Columbia coast indigenousPeoples Kwakwakaʼwakw
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Potlatch ceremony practicedBy Kwakwaka'wakw
Alert Bay partOfCulturalRegion Kwakwaka'wakw territories
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Kwagiutl partOf Kwakwakaʼwakw
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bak̓wamk̓ala spokenBy Kwakwakaʼwakw
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bak̓wamk̓ala isPartOf Kwakwakaʼwakw cultural area
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bak̓wamk̓ala ethnicity Kwakwakaʼwakw
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
G̱uc̓ala spokenBy Kwakwakaʼwakw
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
T̓łat̓łasik̓wala ethnicGroup Kwakwaka'wakw
T̓łat̓łasik̓wala culturalContext Kwakwaka'wakw culture
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
T̓łat̓łasik̓wala isOralTraditionLanguageOf Kwakwaka'wakw community
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Uʼmista Cultural Centre ethnicGroupServed Kwakwakaʼwakw
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Uʼmista Cultural Centre operatedBy Kwakwakaʼwakw community
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw