Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations

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The Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nations are a union of two Kwakwaka'wakw peoples in a band government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, whose main reserve community is near the town of Port Hardy in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. The band government is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District Council (the Quatsino First Nation, the Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and the Tlatlasikwala Nation).

In Canada, an Indian band or band, sometimes referred to as a First Nation band or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act. Bands are typically small groups of people: the largest in the country, the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation had 22,294 members in September 2005, and many have a membership below 100 people. Each First Nation is typically represented by a band council chaired by an elected chief, and sometimes also a hereditary chief. As of 2013, there were 614 bands in Canada. Membership in a band is controlled in one of two ways: for most bands, membership is obtained by becoming listed on the Indian Register maintained by the government. As of 2013, there were 253 First Nations which had their own membership criteria, so that not all Status Indians are members of a band.

Vancouver Island Island on the western coast of Canada

Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is 460 kilometres (290 mi) in length, 100 kilometres (62 mi) in width at its widest point, and 32,134 km2 (12,407 sq mi) in area. It is the largest island on the West Coast of the Americas.

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The Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation was originally two distinct First Nations, the Gwa'sala and the 'Nak'waxda'xw (Nakoaktok). In the mid-1960s the Federal Government relocated the two nations to the current reserve, Tsulquate, and amalgamated them (along with the neighbouring Kwakiutl First Nation) into one group. Eventually the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations and the Kwakiutl First Nation separated into the two groups that are recognized by the federal government to this day. Their current main community is at Tsulquate IR No. 4 near Port Hardy. [1]

Kwakiutl First Nation first nations govenment

The Kwakiutl First Nation is a First Nations 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, and also known as the Fort Rupert Band, known in traditional Kwakwaka'wakw terms as the Kwagu'ł or Kwagyewlth. It is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council. It is not in the British Columbia Treaty Process at present.

Indian reserves

Indian reserves under the governance of the Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw are: [2]

Smith Sound is a sound on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located to the south of Rivers Inlet and between the Queen Charlotte Strait region (S) and Fitz Hugh Sound (N).

Seymour Inlet is one of the lesser traveled of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. Unlike larger inlets such as Knight or Bute, it is not flanked by mountains but by relatively low, but still rugged, coastal hill-country and forms a maze of complex, narrow waterways and tidal pools and lagoons. It is located within a corresponding maze of peninsulas on the mainland on the northwest side of the Queen Charlotte Strait region.

Belize Inlet is an inlet on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located to the north of and adjoining Seymour Inlet.

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References

  1. ↑ Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations website
  2. ↑ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserves/Settlements/Villages Detail" Archived 2014-05-04 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ann Island IR No. 7"
  4. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dedeguahs 8 (Indian reserve)"
  5. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Halowis 5 (Indian reserve)"
  6. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kai-too-kwis 15 (Indian reserve)"
  7. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kequesta 1 (Indian reserve)"
  8. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Khazisela 7 (Indian reserve)"
  9. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ko-kwi-iss 14 (Indian reserve)"
  10. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuthlo 18 (Indian reserve)"
  11. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kwetahkis 9 (Indian reserve)"
  12. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mahpahkum 4 (Indian reserve)"
  13. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Na-kwockto 2 (Indian reserve)"
  14. ↑ "Nathlegalis 3 (Indian reserve)"
  15. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nekite 2 (Indian reserve)"
  16. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Owh-wis-too-a-wan 10 (Indian reserve)"
  17. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pahas 3 (Indian reserve)"
  18. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pel-looth'l Kai 17 (Indian reserve)"
  19. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Peneece 11 (Indian reserve)"
  20. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry Saagooombahlah 6 (Indian reserve)"
  21. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ta-a-ack 5 (Indian reserve)"
  22. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Toksee 4 (Indian Reserve)"
  23. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tsai-kwi-ee 13 (Indian reserve)"
  24. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tseetsum-Sawlasilah 6 (Indian reserve)"
  25. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tsulquate 4 (Indian reserve)"
  26. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Waump 16 (Indian reserve)"
  27. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Wawwat'l 12 (Indian reserve)"
  28. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Wyclese 1 (Indian reserve)"
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