The Kwikwasut'inuxw are one of the many subgroups of the
Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the
Central Coast of British Columbia
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, Canada. Their ancestral home is at
Gwayasdums Gwayasdums is a village of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples on the west side of Gilford Island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The village, located on Retreat Pass, is on Gwayasdums Indian Reserve No. 1. ...
on
Village Island
Village Island is an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the northwest side of Turnour Island.
The Kwakwaka'wakw village of Memkumlis or Meem Quam Leese or Memkoomlish, common ...
, which was destroyed by the Nuxalk in 1856.
The Kwikwasut'inuxw, historically spelled Kwicksutaineuk or Kwiksootainuk and other variants, are part of two-present-day band governments, the
Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation and the
Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em Band. Descendants of the survivors of the destruction of Gwayasdums who found refuge with the
Mamalilikulla at
Memkumlis Memkumlis or, officially Meem Quam Leese, Memkoomlish, Memqumlis, 'mimkumlis or Mi'mkwamlis, commonly known as Mamalilaculla, which is actually the name of the subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw whose home it is, is located on the west side of Villag ...
self-identify today as the
Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Enox.
References
Kwakwaka'wakw
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