The Kwakiutl District Council, also spelled Kwakwewlth District Council and Kwakiuth District Council,We Wai Kai Nation website
/ref> pronounced Kwagiulth District Council, is a

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...

Tribal Council based on

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British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, Canada, based in the community of Campbell River, British Columbia in the northern Strait of Georgia but including member nations spanning northern Vancouver Island as far as

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. The nations represented within the Kwakiutl District Council are all Kwakwaka'wakw (speakers of Kwak'wala).

Treaty groups within the Kwakiutl District Council

The

Quatsino First Nation The Quatsino First Nation is the First Nations band government of the Gwat'sinux subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, based in the Quatsino Sound region on the west coast of northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focused on the ...

Tlatlasikwala Nation The Tlatlasikwala Nation is a First Nations band government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focused on the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait region. It is a member of the Kwakiut ...

, Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation are members of the

Winalagalis Treaty Group The Winalagalis Treaty Group is a group of four First Nations band governments on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. The group was formed to coordinate and administer negotiations with the government of the Provi ...

. The Kwiakah First Nation, Wei Wai Kai (Cape Mudge First Nation) and Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River First Nation) are members of the Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Group. The Kwakiutl First Nation of

Fort Rupert Fort Rupert is the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fort on the east coast near the northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The unincorporated community on Beaver Harbour is about by road southeast of Port Hardy. Coal & fo ...

is not in the treaty process at present.

Member governments

* Campbell River First Nation (see

Wei Wai Kum Wei or WEI may refer to: States * Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wei of the Warring States * Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States per ...

and

Laich-kwil-tach Laich-kwil-tach (also spelled Ligwilda'xw), is the Anglicization of the Kwak'wala autonomy by the "Southern Kwakiutl" people of Quadra Island and Campbell River in British Columbia, Canada. There are today two main groups (of perhaps five origi ...

, also spelled Ligwitlda'xw or Legwildok or Lekwiltok; this name includes both WeiWeiKum and WeiWaiKai Nations; historically their name has been rendered as the Euclataws or Yucultas) * Cape Mudge First Nation (see Wei Wai Kai and

, also spelled Ligwitlda'xw and this name includes both WeiWeiKum and WeiWaiKai Nations) * Kwiakah First Nation, also spelled Kwix̌a, another subgroup of the

* K'ómoks First Nation aka Comox Indian Band * Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation * Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation * Kwakiutl First Nation * Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em First Nation *

References

External links

Kwakiutl District Council
{{Kwakwaka'wakw Campbell River, British Columbia First Nations tribal councils in British Columbia Kwakwaka'wakw governments

Treaty groups within the Kwakiutl District Council

Member governments

See also

References

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