Kwakiutl people

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First Nations people Indigenous people Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast ethnic group

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kwakwaka'wakw people	2
Kwakiutl	1
Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples	1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Patterns of Culture → caseStudy → Kwakiutl people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwakiutl

Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples → culturalAreaIncludes → Kwakiutl people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwakwaka'wakw people

Vancouver Island → hasIndigenousPeoples → Kwakiutl people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples

Kwakiutl Ethnography → mainSubject → Kwakiutl people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwakwaka'wakw people

Ruth Benedict → studied → Kwakiutl people ⓘ