Gwaʼsala-ʼNakwaxdaʼxw Nations
The Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nations are a union of two Kwakwaka'wakw peoples in a band government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, whose main reserve community is near the town of Port Hardy in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. The band government is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District Council (the Quatsino First Nation, the Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and the Tlatlasikwala Nation).
The Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation was originally two distinct First Nations, the Gwa'sala and the 'Nak'waxda'xw (Nakoaktok). In the mid-1960s the Federal Government relocated the two nations to the current reserve, Tsulquate, and amalgamated them (along with the neighbouring Kwakiutl First Nation) into one group. Eventually the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations and the Kwakiutl First Nation separated into the two groups that are recognized by the federal government to this day. Their current main community is at near Port Hardy.[1]
First Nations reserves[]
First Nations reserves under the governance of the Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw are:[2]
- , on in Smith Sound, 10.10 ha. 51°16′00″N 127°48′00″W / 51.26667°N 127.80000°W[3]
- , on the north shore of Seymour Inlet, 1/2 mile north of the , 0.30 ha. 51°06′00″N 127°31′00″W / 51.10000°N 127.51667°W[4]
- , at the mouth of Smokehouse Creek at the head of Long Lake, 3.60 ha. 51°18′00″N 127°03′00″W / 51.30000°N 127.05000°W[5]
- , at the head of on , north of Belize Inlet, 20.80 ha. 51°11′00″N 127°05′00″W / 51.18333°N 127.08333°W[6]
- , on the north shore of the entrance to , 70.40 ha. 51°06′00″N 127°28′00″W / 51.10000°N 127.46667°W[7]
- ,on an island in the centre of the at the north end of Schooner Channel, 0.40 ha. 51°06′00″N 127°31′00″W / 51.10000°N 127.51667°W[8]
- , on the east shore of to the north of Belize Inlet, 6.40 ha. 51°09′00″N 127°06′00″W / 51.15000°N 127.10000°W[9]
- , at the head of Salmon Arm of Seymour Inlet, 3.0 ha. 51°04′00″N 126°39′00″W / 51.06667°N 126.65000°W[10]
- , on the north shore of on Seymour Inlet, 4.0 ha. 50°58′00″N 127°13′00″W / 50.96667°N 127.21667°W[11]
- Mahpahkum IR No. 4, on Deserters Island in the Deserters Group, and including small off-shore islands, 7.80 ha. Coordinates: 50°53′00″N 127°28′00″W / 50.88333°N 127.46667°W[12]
- , on three small islands at the mouth of Nugent Sound, 1/2 mile south of Kequesta IR No. 1, 0.40 ha. 51°05′00″N 127°28′00″W / 51.08333°N 127.46667°W[13]
- , comprising Indian Island and five smaller islands in Takush Harbour in Browning Channel, 134.40 ha. 51°17′00″N 127°39′00″W / 51.28333°N 127.65000°W[14]
- , at the mouth of the Nekite River at the head of Smith Inlet, 66.80 ha. 51°25′00″N 127°05′00″W / 51.41667°N 127.08333°W[15]
- , at at the mouth of Frederick Sound, Seymour Inlet, 5.30 ha. 51°05′00″N 126°46′00″W / 51.08333°N 126.76667°W[16]
- Pahas IR No. 3, on the north shore of Blunden Harbour, 39.90 ha. 50°54′00″N 127°18′00″W / 50.90000°N 127.30000°W[17]
- , at the east end of Belize Inlet, 1.70 ha. 51°07′00″N 126°55′00″W / 51.11667°N 126.91667°W[18]
- , at the head of on the north shore of Seymour Inlet, 3.50 ha. 51°07′00″N 126°42′00″W / 51.11667°N 126.70000°W[19]
- , on the east shore of east of , 1.80 ha. 51°05′00″N 127°31′00″W / 51.08333°N 127.51667°W[20]
- , on one of the islands in the at the west end of Queen Charlotte Strait, 13.90 ha. 51°02′00″N 127°43′00″W / 51.03333°N 127.71667°W[21]
- , at the junction of Long Lake and , 5.60 ha. 51°14′00″N 127°20′00″W / 51.23333°N 127.33333°W[22]
- , at on the east shore of Mereworth Sound, 4.60 ha. 51°10′00″N 127°25′00″W / 51.16667°N 127.41667°W[23]
- , on the north shore of Naysash Inlet, Smith Sound, 2.10 ha. 51°20′00″N 127°19′00″W / 51.33333°N 127.31667°W[24]
- , on the west shore of , one mile north of Port Hardy, 59.90 ha. 50°44′00″N 127°30′00″W / 50.73333°N 127.50000°W[25]
- , at the head of Allison Sound, Belize Inlet, 37.60 ha. 51°11′00″N 126°55′00″W / 51.18333°N 126.91667°W[26]
- , on the right bank of the Seymour River, two miles from the head of Seymour Inlet, 66.80 ha. 51°13′00″N 126°40′00″W / 51.21667°N 126.66667°W[27]
- , on the south shore of Smith Sound at the entrance to Wyclees Lagoon, 223 ha. 51°17′00″N 127°21′00″W / 51.28333°N 127.35000°W[28]
See also[]
- Kwak'wala (language)
References[]
- ^ Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations website
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserves/Settlements/Villages Detail" Archived 2014-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ann Island IR No. 7"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dedeguahs 8 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Halowis 5 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kai-too-kwis 15 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kequesta 1 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Khazisela 7 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ko-kwi-iss 14 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuthlo 18 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kwetahkis 9 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mahpahkum 4 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Na-kwockto 2 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ "Nathlegalis 3 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nekite 2 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Owh-wis-too-a-wan 10 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pahas 3 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pel-looth'l Kai 17 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Peneece 11 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry Saagooombahlah 6 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ta-a-ack 5 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Toksee 4 (Indian Reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tsai-kwi-ee 13 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tseetsum-Sawlasilah 6 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tsulquate 4 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Waump 16 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Wawwat'l 12 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Wyclese 1 (Indian reserve)"
External links[]
- Kwakwaka'wakw governments
- Central Coast of British Columbia