Kwakwaka'wakw

E1000383
Ethnic group First Nations people Indigenous people

The Kwakwaka'wakw are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, known for their complex potlatch ceremonies, rich oral traditions, and distinctive art and mask carving.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kwakwaka'wakw people 1
Kwakwakaʼwakw 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethnic group ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Canadian potlatch ban ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast culture area NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtForm dance ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
painting ⓘ
totem pole carving ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasCeremony Hamatsa ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ
potlatch ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasCommunity Alert Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Rupert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gilford Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingcome Inlet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Village Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableArtCenter U'mista Cultural Centre GENERATED ⓘ
knownFor complex ceremonial life ⓘ
dance regalia ⓘ
distinctive art ⓘ
mask carving ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
totem poles ⓘ
languageFamily Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation under Canadian law ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization extended kin groups ⓘ
ranked hereditary nobility ⓘ
timeOfPotlatchBan 1885–1951 ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalFood herring ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
sea mammals ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Kwakʼwala NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Central Coast of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen Charlotte Strait region NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward S. Curtis → ethnicGroupDocumented → Kwakwaka'wakw ⓘ
thunderbird → foundInTraditionsOf → Kwakwaka'wakw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw
Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people → neighboringPeople → Kwakwaka'wakw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwakwaka'wakw people