Kalugwis, or Karlukwees or Qalogwis, is the principal community of the
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 Charlo ...
of the
Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the
Johnstone Strait region of the
South Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south shore of
Turnour Island facing
Beware Passage and is within Karlukwees Indian Reserve No. 1, a.k.a. Karlukwees 1, 10.8 ha.
Name origin
The Ławit'sis moved to this location about 1850 from
Klaoitsis, with IR No. 1 allocated in 1886. In 1914, there were 21 houses. Kalugwis is important in many
Kwakwaka'wakw stories, including that concerning the origins of the Winter Ceremonies, and others concerning the origins of tides at the location.
BC Names/GeoBC entry "Karlukwees (Former First Nation Village)"
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See also
* List of communities in British Columbia
* List of Indian reserves in British Columbia
*List of Kwakwaka'wakw villages
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
''Kalugwis'', Emily Carr - To The Totem Forest website
Kwakwaka'wakw villages
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
South Coast of British Columbia
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