Kwakiutl Point

Kwakiutl Point (50˚21'00" 127˚59'00" S entrance to Quatsino Sd, NW end of Vancouver I). Kwakiutl, an obsolete but widely used term, was introduced by anthropologist Franz Boas in 1887 as the name for the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation, whose members inhabit N Vancouver I and adjacent shores and speak the Kwakwala language. Many variant spellings of this name exist, especially Kwagiulth. The Kwakwaka’wakw confederacy had 28 tribes when Europeans first encountered it; by the early 2000s, due to...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.