Kwakiutl people

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The Kwakiutl people are an Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, renowned for their complex social structure, potlatch ceremonies, and rich artistic traditions including totem poles and elaborate masks.

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Kwakiutl 2
Kwakiutl people canonical 2
Kwakwaka'wakw people 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
ethnic group
country Canada
culturalRegion Northwest Coast
hasArtForm button blankets
canoe carving
crest art
dance masks
hasCeremony gift-giving potlatch
mortuary potlatch
name-giving ceremonies
hasConcept commoners
hereditary chiefs
nobility
slaves
hasMaterialCulture ceremonial regalia
house front paintings
totem poles
hasRitual initiation ceremonies
winter ceremonial
hasSocialStructure clan system
complex rank-based society
moiety system
knownFor ceremonial art
elaborate masks
potlatch ceremonies
totem poles
woodcarving
language Kwakʼwala
languageFamily Wakashan languages
locatedIn British Columbia
Pacific Northwest Coast
partOf Northwest Coast cultural area
practices potlatch ceremony
religion animism
shamanism
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
salmon fishing
traditionalTerritory Queen Charlotte Strait region
Vancouver Island
northern Vancouver Island coast
uses cedar wood
plank houses
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Kwakiutl Ethnography mainSubject Kwakiutl people
Kwakiutl Ethnography mainSubject Kwakwaka'wakw people
linked to: Kwakiutl people
Ruth Benedict studied Kwakiutl people
Vancouver Island hasIndigenousPeoples Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples
linked to: Kwakiutl people
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples culturalAreaIncludes Kwakwaka'wakw people
linked to: Kwakiutl people
Patterns of Culture caseStudy Kwakiutl
linked to: Kwakiutl people
Comox language ethnolinguisticGroup K’ómoks people
linked to: Kwakiutl people
Kwakʼwala hasAlternativeName Kwakiutl
subject linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
linked to: Kwakiutl people
Kwakʼwala ethnicGroup Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples
subject linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
linked to: Kwakiutl people