NUXALK () , or Bella Coola people (pop about 1,300), are a SALISHAN FIRST NATIONS "outer group" related to but distinct from both the Coast and Interior subgroupings of that language family (see FIRST NATIONS LANGUAGES). Traditionally the Nuxalk occupied several permanent villages along the upper DEAN and Burke channels and up the BELLA COOLA R valley. The main tribal groupings were the Bella Coola, the Kimsquit at the head of Dean Channel,...
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