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    The Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (IPA: [ˈkʷakʷəkʲəʔwakʷ]), also known as the Kwakiutl (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/; "Kwakʼwala-speaking peoples"), are one of the indigenous peoples...
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  • Baxwbakwalanuksiwe' "Man-Eater at the North End of the World". Kwakiutl Art by Audrey Hawthorn Chief James Wallas. Kwakiutl Legends. ISBN 0-88839-230-3. Hamatsa: The Enigma...
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    The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the...
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    Ligwilda'xw), is the Anglicization of the Kwak'wala autonomy by the "Southern Kwakiutl" people of Quadra Island and Campbell River in British Columbia, Canada...
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  • Philotarsus kwakiutl is a species of loving barklouse in the family Philotarsidae. It is found in North America. "Philotarsus kwakiutl Report". Integrated...
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    The Kwakiutl First Nation is a First Nations government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focused on the community of Port...
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    as Kwakiutl and Lekwala / Liq̓ʷala, with four dialects, spoken by and Kwakwaka'wakw or Northern Kwakiutl and the Laich-kwil-tach or Southern Kwakiutl) –...
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    Kwakʼwala (redirect from Kwakiutl language)
    Kwakʼwala (/kwɑːˈkwɑːlə/), or Kwak̓wala, previously known as Kwakiutl (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/), is a Wakashan language spoken by about 450 Kwakwakaʼwakw people...
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    into patrilineal groups. Boas focused on the Kwakiutl, who lived between the two clusters. The Kwakiutl seemed to have a mix of features. Prior to marriage...
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  • The Kwakiutl District Council, also spelled Kwakwewlth District Council and Kwakiuth District Council, pronounced Kwagiulth District Council,[citation...
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  • Fires: The life of a Kwakiutl Chief. Hamden, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-208-00336-3. Hawthorn, Audrey (1967). Kwakiutl Art. United States...
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    (then known as "Kwakiutl") of coastal British Columbia. Working with Boas, Hunt collected hundreds of items for an exhibit of the Kwakiutl culture for the...
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    Torino:2014 www.prinp.com ISBN 978-88-97677-50-5 Hawthorn, Audrey. (1988). Kwakiutl Art. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-88894-612-0. Jonaitis...
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  • Dances of the Kwakiutl is a 1951 film directed by William Heick and produced by Robert Gardner. It is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources...
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    Kwakiutl (or variously KwaKiutl) is a totem sculpture by Cowichan Tribes artist Simon Charlie, which has caused controversy for its nudity over multiple...
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    Stanley Clifford Hunt (born 1954) is a Canadian, First Nations Kwakiutl artist from British Columbia. On his father's side, Stanley C. Hunt is a descendant...
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    practicing the potlatch with diverse presentation and meaning. The Tlingit and Kwakiutl nations of the Pacific Northwest, for example, held potlatch ceremonies...
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    to winter with the Kwakwaka'wakw (formerly known, incorrectly, as the Kwakiutl). (Locher p. 24-25) Winalagalis is the bringer and ruler of Tseka (Winter...
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  • Kwakwaka'wakw people of coastal British Columbia, Canada, known formerly as the "Kwakiutl." Her academic years spanned over fifty years and included professorships...
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    games have been played by North American indigenous peoples, including the Kwakiutl, Pima, Salish, and Zuni; they are often played with a feathered shuttle...
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  • Wuikinuxv and Heiltsuk peoples, were mistakenly identified as the Northern Kwakiutl. The name Kitamaat became misrepresented in 1955 when Alcan Industries...
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    (1988). Kwakiutl Art. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-88894-612-6. Jonaitis, Aldona (1991). Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch...
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  • etymologically related to the Kwakiutl bakwas, as is the Tsimshian ba'wis. Himwitsa Hawthorn, Audrey. (1988). Kwakiutl Art. University of Washington Press...
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  • the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District...
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    Many Native American tribes both respect and fear the brown bear. In Kwakiutl mythology, American black and brown bears became enemies when Grizzly Bear...
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  • A wedding celebration of the kwakiutl tribe in Canada at the beginning of the ....
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    villages. The band government of the Kwaguʼł is the Kwakiutl First Nation. The anglicization "Kwakiutl" and other forms of this group's name was for a long...
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    The groupings, by language, are the Kwakwakaʼwakw (also known as the Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth, and various Coast Salish peoples. While there is some...
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    1992). "Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch. Aldona Jonaitis: Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch. Aldona Jonaitis, ed". American...
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    in Benedict's analysis was the Zuñi people as opposed to the Dionysian Kwakiutl people. The theme was developed by Benedict in her main work Patterns of...
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