Gwaʼsala-ʼNakwaxdaʼxw Nations

The Gwa'sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nations are an amalgamation of two Kwakwaka'wakw peoples in a band government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, 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. In the 1960s the Gwa'sala (Gwaʼsa̱la), the 'Nakwaxda'xw (ʼNakʼwaxdaʼx̱w) and the Kwakiutl peoples were amalgamated. Later the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations and the Kwakiutl First Nation separated into the two groups that are recognized by the federal government. Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations were forcibly relocated from their homelands to a location near Port Hardy.

Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Territories
Nakwaxda'xw chief Hakalahl (photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1914)

First Nations reserves

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Totem pole within the community
 
Gwa'sala beater
 
A 'Nakwaxda'xw chief's daughter (photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1914)

First Nations reserves under the governance of the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw are:[1]

See also

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References

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