Kwakwaka'wakw

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The Kwakwaka'wakw are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, known for their complex potlatch ceremonies, rich oral traditions, and distinctive art and mask carving.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethnic group ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Canadian potlatch ban ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast culture area ⓘ
hasArtForm dance ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
painting ⓘ
totem pole carving ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasCeremony Hamatsa ceremony ⓘ
linked to: Kuksu ceremony

potlatch ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasCommunity Alert Bay ⓘ
Fort Rupert ⓘ
Gilford Island ⓘ
Kingcome Inlet ⓘ
Village Island ⓘ
hasNotableArtCenter U'mista Cultural Centre ⓘ
knownFor complex ceremonial life ⓘ
dance regalia ⓘ
distinctive art ⓘ
mask carving ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
totem poles ⓘ
languageFamily Wakashan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
primaryRegion British Columbia ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation under Canadian law ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization extended kin groups ⓘ
ranked hereditary nobility ⓘ
timeOfPotlatchBan 1885–1951 ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalFood herring ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
sea mammals ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Kwakʼwala ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Central Coast of British Columbia ⓘ
Northern Vancouver Island ⓘ
Queen Charlotte Strait region ⓘ

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thunderbird → foundInTraditionsOf → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people → neighboringPeople → Kwakwaka'wakw people ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
British Columbia coast → indigenousPeoples → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Potlatch ceremony → practicedBy → Kwakwaka'wakw ⓘ
Alert Bay → partOfCulturalRegion → Kwakwaka'wakw territories ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Kwagiutl → partOf → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bak̓wamk̓ala → spokenBy → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bak̓wamk̓ala → isPartOf → Kwakwakaʼwakw cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Bak̓wamk̓ala → ethnicity → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
G̱uc̓ala → spokenBy → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
T̓łat̓łasik̓wala → ethnicGroup → Kwakwaka'wakw ⓘ
T̓łat̓łasik̓wala → culturalContext → Kwakwaka'wakw culture ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
T̓łat̓łasik̓wala → isOralTraditionLanguageOf → Kwakwaka'wakw community ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Uʼmista Cultural Centre → ethnicGroupServed → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw
Uʼmista Cultural Centre → operatedBy → Kwakwakaʼwakw community ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka'wakw