Kwakwaka'wakw

The Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (), also known as the Kwakiutl (; "Kwakʼwala-speaking peoples"), are an indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest Coast, in southwestern Canada. Their total population, according to a 2016 census, was 3,665 people. Most live in their traditional territories on northern Vancouver Island, as well as nearby smaller islands (such as the Discovery Islands) and inland on the adjacent British Columbia mainland. Some also live outside their traditional homelands, in urban areas such as Victoria and Vancouver. They are politically organized into 13 band governments.

1914 film by Edward S. Curtis

archipelago in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada

Stratovolcano in British Columbia, Canada

thumb|300px|Laich-kwil-tach Laich-kwil-tach (also spelled Liǧʷiłdaxʷ) are a southern Kwakʼwala people of Quadra Island and Campbell River in British Columbia, Canada. There are today two main groups (of perhaps five original separate groups): the Wei Wai Kai (Cape Mudge Band) and Wei Wai Kum just across on the Vancouver Island "mainland" in the town of Campbell River. In addition to these two main groups there are the Kwiakah (Kwiakah Band / Kwiakah First Nation) originally from Phillips Arm and Frederick Arm and the Discovery Islands, the Tlowitsis (ƛaʔaluis) between Bute and Loughborough Inl

island in British Columbia, Canada

thumb|Kwaguʼł woman wearing a fringed Chilkat weaving|Chilkat blanket (worn backwards), a hamatsa neckring and mask representing a deceased relative who had been a shaman. Photograph by [[Edward S. Curtis c. 1883.]] Kwaguʼł are a Kwakwakaʼwakw tribe of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast from central British Columbia, on northern Vancouver Island. Their main community is called Tsax̱is or Fort Rupert. The ancestral language is Kwakʼwala, a language that is a part of the Wakashan language group. In their language, Kwaguʼł translates to Smoke-Around-the-World referring to the s

thumb|150px|A Mamalilikala people's rattle. The Mamalilikala (Mamalelequala, Mamalilikulla, Mamalillaculla, Mamaleleqala) are an indigenous nation, a part of the Kwakwakaʼwakw, in central British Columbia, on northern Vancouver Island. Their main village was Memkumlis (ʼMimkwamlis), located on Village Island. Their Indian Act band government is the Mamalilikulla-qwe\'qwa\'sot\'em First Nation.

provincial park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada

island in British Columbia, Canada