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Tlowitsis Nation
The Tlowitsis Nation, formerly the Klowitsis Tribe, the Turnour Island Band and the Tlowitsis-Mumtagila First Nation, is the Indian Act band government of the Ławit'sis (Tlowitsis) tribe of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, located in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait area in the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland in Canada. Ławit'sis territory covers parts of northern Vancouver Island, Johnstone Strait, and adjoining inlets of the mainland. Kalugwis, on Turnour Island, was their principal community in times past, but the band's offices are in the city of Campbell River to the southeast. Hanatsa IR No. 6 on Port Neville is the most populated of the band's Indian reserves. Relationship with the Ma'amtagila First Nation The Tlowitsis First Nation has a long and contentious relationship with a neighbouring nation, the Ma'amtagila (also known as Mahteelthpe, Matilpi, or Mumtagila). In 1879, the newly formed Canadian government r ...
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Indian Act
The ''Indian Act'' (, long name ''An Act to amend and consolidate the laws respecting Indians'') is a Canadian act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. First passed in 1876 and still in force with amendments, it is the primary document that defines how the Government of Canada interacts with the 614 First Nation bands in Canada and their members. Throughout its long history, the act has been a subject of controversy and has been interpreted in different ways by both Indigenous Canadians and non-Indigenous Canadians. The legislation has been amended many times, including "over five major changes" made in 2002. The act is very wide-ranging in scope, covering governance, land use, healthcare, education, and more on Indian reserves. Notably, the original ''Indian Act'' defines two elements that affect all Indigenous Canadians: :It says how reserves and bands can operate. The act sets out rules for governing Indian reser ...
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Adam River
The Adam River is a river on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, flowing north into the Johnstone Strait , image = Pacific Ranges over Johnstone Strait.jpg , image_size = 250px , alt = , caption = Johnstone Strait backdropped by the Vancouver Island Ranges , image_bathymetry = Carte baie Knight ... northwest of the community of Sayward. The Adam's main tributary is the Eve River. The Kwak'wala name for the river is ''He-la-de'', meaning "land of plenty", a reference to abundant berries, birds, game and salmon. That name is reflected in that of Haylahte Indian Reserve No. 3, which is on the east bank of the Adam's mouth. The former Matilpi village of Klaywatse was located on an island in the river's estuary. See also * List of British Columbia rivers References Rivers of Vancouver Island Northern Vancouver Island Kwakwaka'wakw {{BritishColumbiaCoast-river-stub ...
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Matilpi
Matilpi is a locality on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Hull Island on the east side of Havannah Channel Etsekin Indian Reserve No. 1, a.k.a. Etsekin 1, includes Matilpi and adjacent small islands. Located at , it is 13.2 ha. in size. The reserve was originally allotted to the Mahteelthpe or Matilpi Tribe, who amalgamated with the Tlowitsis Tribe to create the Tlowitsis-Mumtagila First Nation. It is now under the governance of the Tlowitsis Nation.Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail


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Hull Island (British Columbia)
Hull Island is an island in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located in Havannah Channel to the east of the southern end of East Cracroft Island. Name origin The island was named c.1860 by Captain Richards of the Royal Navy, for Thomas Arthur Hull, ship's master of under Captain Thomas Harvey, namesake of Port Harvey which is just to the west, forming a bay between the two nearly-joined Cracroft Islands. ''Havannah'' served on the Pacific Station from 1855 to 1859. See also *List of islands of British Columbia This is a list of islands of British Columbia. South Coast Vancouver Island *Vancouver Island Gulf of Georgia Gulf Islands =Southern Gulf Islands= *Brethour Island * Cabbage Island * Curlew Island * De Courcy Islands ** Mudge Island **Lin ... References Islands of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub ...
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Havannah Channel
Havannah Channel is a marine passageway in the South Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, leading off of the north side of Johnstone Strait leading to Chatham Channel and Call Inlet, south of East Cracroft Island. Havannah Channel is entered from Johnstone Strait at the Broken Islands. Hull Island is located in the channel, to the southeast of East Cracroft and south of the opening of Call Inlet. Name origin Havannah Channel was named for , which served on the Pacific Station from 1855 to 1859. ''Havannah''s captain was Thomas Harvey, namesake of Port Harvey, which is a bay or port on the north side of the channel formed by the division of the two Cracroft Islands. Indian reserves and villages Etsekin IR No. 1 is on the east shore of Havannah Channel, east of the north end of Hull Island and including three small islands adjacent, and the locality of Matilpi Matilpi is a locality on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Hull Island on the ea ...
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Kamano Island
Kamano Island is an island in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, located east of Harbledown Island and between Turnour Island (N) and Village Island (S). Also historically named Coffin Island, it is the location of Coffin Island Indian Reserve No. 3, which is under the governance of the Tlowitsis Nation. There is another Coffin Island at the tip of the headland in front of Ladysmith Harbour on southern Vancouver Island. Name origin The island was named for the first non-native settler on Harbledown Island, George Kamano (c1822-1919), who was of Hawaiian or Tahitian descent. An employee of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Rupert from 1854 to 1869, he disappeared from the fort in 1870. It is thought that he then settled on Harbledown. He died in 1919 at Alert Bay. See also *List of islands of British Columbia This is a list of islands of British Columbia. South Coast Vancouver Island *Vancouver Island Gulf of Georg ...
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Coffin Island Indian Reserve No
A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation. Sometimes referred to as a casket, any box in which the dead are buried is a coffin, and while a casket was originally regarded as a box for jewelry, use of the word "casket" in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker's trade. A distinction is commonly drawn between "coffins" and "caskets", using "coffin" to refer to a tapered hexagonal or octagonal (also considered to be anthropoidal in shape) box and "casket" to refer to a rectangular box, often with a split lid used for viewing the deceased as seen in the picture. Receptacles for cremated and cremulated human ashes (sometimes called cremains) are called urns. Etymology First attested in English in 1380, the word ''coffin'' derives from the Old French , from Latin , which means ''basket'', which is the latinisation of the Greek κόφινος (''kophinos''), ''basket''. The earliest attested form of the wo ...
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Beware Passage
Beware Passage is a strait or channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, between Harbledown (SE) and Turnour Islands. It was named in 1860 by Captain Pender. The passage's waters and shores have various Indian reserves and communities of the Kwakwaka'wakw: * Coffin Island Indian Reserve No. 3 on Kamano Island * Small Island Indian Reserve No. 4 on Small Island * Aglakumna-la Indian Reserve No. 2 on Klaoitsis Island * Karlukwees Indian Reserve No. 1, which is the location of the Tlowitsis village of Kalugwis (Karlukwees or Qalogwis are other spellings) *Dead Point Indian Reserve No. 5 Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ... on the north side of Harbledown Island References Straits of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia ...
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Klaoitsis Island
Klaoitsis Island, also perhaps Adlagamalla in Kwak'wala, is an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located to the south of Turnour Island in Clio Channel. The name is an alternate spelling of Ławit'sis or Tlowitsis, the name of the Kwakwaka'wakw group whose territory it is in. Aglakumna-la Indian Reserve No. 2, a.k.a. Aglakumna-la 2, is an Indian reserve of the Tlowitsis Nation located on the island, which is also known as Aglakumnala Island. See also *List of islands of British Columbia This is a list of islands of British Columbia. South Coast Vancouver Island *Vancouver Island Gulf of Georgia Gulf Islands =Southern Gulf Islands= *Brethour Island * Cabbage Island * Curlew Island * De Courcy Islands ** Mudge Island **Lin ... References Islands of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia Kwakwaka'wakw {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub ...
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