Kingcome, British Columbia

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Kingcome, also known as Okwunalis or Ukwana'lis [1] [2] is an unincorporated settlement in the Kingcome Inlet area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located a few kilometres up the Kingcome River (known as Gwa'yi in Kwak'wala [3] ) from the head of the inlet. [4] Quaee Indian Reserve No. 7 is the Indian reserve containing the village. [5]

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It is the home of one of the four tribes of the Dzawada’enuxw (Tsawataineuk) subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw and was in the past site of a large cannery. It is the setting for the book I Heard the Owl Call My Name .

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  1. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Okwunalis"
  2. ↑ Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w First Nation - About us
  3. ↑ "Simon Fraser University Digital Village project "Gwa'yi (Kingcome)"". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kingcome (locality)"
  5. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Quaee 7 (Indian reserve)"

50°58′00″N126°11′00″W / 50.96667°N 126.18333°W / 50.96667; -126.18333 (Kingcome (locality))

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