Topic summary
Wuikinuxv people
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Wuikinuxv.
Name
The name Wuikinuxv translates to "Backbone people". They have also been known as the Oweekano (pre-1976); Oowekeeno (1976–2003), with variations: Oweekeno, Owekano, Oweekayno, Wuikenukv, Wikeno, Owikeno, Awikenox, or the Rivers Inlet people. The Wuikinuxv people and their neighbours, the Heiltsuk and Haisla peoples, were in the past sometimes known incorrectly as the "Northern Kwakiutl".