Kwakiutl people

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The Kwakiutl people are an Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, renowned for their complex social structure, potlatch ceremonies, and rich artistic traditions including totem poles and elaborate masks.

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Kwakiutl 2
Kwakiutl people canonical 2
Kwakwaka'wakw people 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
ethnic group
country Canada
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Northwest Coast
hasArtForm button blankets
canoe carving
crest art
dance masks
hasCeremony gift-giving potlatch
mortuary potlatch
name-giving ceremonies
hasConcept commoners
hereditary chiefs
nobility
slaves
hasMaterialCulture ceremonial regalia
house front paintings
totem poles
hasRitual initiation ceremonies
winter ceremonial
hasSocialStructure clan system
complex rank-based society
moiety system
knownFor ceremonial art
elaborate masks
potlatch ceremonies
totem poles
woodcarving
language Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
surface form: Kwakʼwala
languageFamily Wakashan languages
locatedIn British Columbia
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
partOf Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Northwest Coast cultural area
practices potlatch ceremony
religion animism
shamanism
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
salmon fishing
traditionalTerritory Queen Charlotte Strait
surface form: Queen Charlotte Strait region

Vancouver Island
northern Vancouver Island coast
uses cedar wood
plank houses
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Kwakiutl Ethnography mainSubject Kwakiutl people
Kwakiutl Ethnography mainSubject Kwakiutl people
this entity surface form: Kwakwaka'wakw people
Ruth Benedict studied Kwakiutl people
Vancouver Island hasIndigenousPeoples Kwakiutl people
this entity surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples culturalAreaIncludes Kwakiutl people
this entity surface form: Kwakwaka'wakw people
Patterns of Culture caseStudy Kwakiutl people
this entity surface form: Kwakiutl
Comox language ethnolinguisticGroup Kwakiutl people
this entity surface form: K’ómoks people
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) hasAlternativeName Kwakiutl people
subject surface form: Kwakʼwala
this entity surface form: Kwakiutl
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) ethnicGroup Kwakiutl people
subject surface form: Kwakʼwala
this entity surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples