Kwakwaka’wakw Communities
Below is a list of all the Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw Communities given on the U'mista website. I have compared these with those in Galois 1994, and compiled the following. Where there are two names separated by a hyphen the first is from U'mista, the second from Galois.
Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation Community Dialect English Name
Kwagu'l-Kwagu'ł Tsax̱is Kwak̕wala Fort Rupert
Mama̱liliḵa̱la-Mamaliliḵa̱la 'Mimkwa̱mlis-'Mimkumlis Kwak̕wala Village Island
'Na̱mg̱is Xwa̱lkw Kwak̕wala Cheslakees
Lawitsis-Ławitsis Ḵalug̱wis Kwak̕wala Turnour Island
A̱'wa̱'etła̱la-Da̱'naxda'x̱w Dzawadi Kwak̕wala Knight Inlet
Da̱'naxda'x̱w Tsadzis'nukwa̱me'-T'sadzisnukwa̱me' ? New Vancouver - Harbledown Island
Ma'amtagila-Ma'a̱mtagila I'tsika̱n-Itsika̱n ? Estekin
Dzawada̱'enux̱-Dzawa̱da̱'enux̱w Gwa'yi ? Kincome Inlet
Ḵwikwa̱sutinux̱-Ḵwiḵwa̱sut̓inux̱w Gwa'yasda̱m's-G̱wa'yasda̱ms Kwak̕wala Gilford Island
Gwawa'enux̱-Gwawa̱'enux̱w Heg̱a̱m's ? Hopetown
'Nak̕waxda'x̱w Ba'as-Ba'a's 'Nak̕wala Blunden Harbour
Gwa'sa̱la Ta̱kus-T̓a̱kus 'Nak̕wala Smiths Inlet
G̱usgimukw X̱wa̱tis G̱uc̓ala Quatsino
Gwatsinux-Gwat̕sinux̱w Oyag̱amla-Oyag̱a̱m'la G̱uc̓ala Winter Harbour
Tlatla̱sikwa̱la-T̓łat̕ła̱siḵwa̱la X̱wa̱mdasbe' T̓łat̕łasik̕wala Hope Island
Wēqay̓i-Wiwēqay̓i Cekʷal̓utən-Ceqʷəl̓utən Liq̓ʷala Cape Mudge
Wiwēkam Amm̓ataxʷ–Am̓atex̌ʷ Liq̓ʷala Campbell River
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