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	Kwakiutl
		The "kwakwaka'wakw" (often referred to as Kwakiutl, which is the name of the Fort Rupert band, and Kwagulth) occupy coastal areas of BC extending from Smith Inlet in the north to Cape Mudge in the south, west to Quatsino and east to Knight Inlet.
		Originally, there were 28 tribes, all speaking dialects of Kwakwala, from which comes the people's name for themselves, Kwakwaka'wakw.
		A member of the Wakashan language family, Kwakwala is related to other languages such as Westcoast (NOOTKA), HEILTSUK (Bella Bella), Oowekyala (Rivers Inlet people) and Haisla (KITAMAAT).
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004389 (0 words)

	Stubbs Island Whale Watching: Boats
		The name Lukwa comes from the Kwakwala language and means 'a place in the forest.' The Lukwa (pictured above) was built from aluminum in 1989.
		Another special feature is an on-board hydrophone that enables passengers to eavesdrop on the different calls and navigational sounds generated by the killer whales you encounter.
		The name Gikumi also comes from the Kwakwala language and means 'The Chief.' The Gikumi was built in 1954 in Vancouver for Mr.
	www.stubbs-island.com /english/vessels/vessels.html (0 words)

	Museum at Campbell River - native North American Indian art, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
		Malik (Kwakwala); Miaat (Nuu-chah-nulth); tha kai (Mainland Comox); Onchorhychus nerka (Latin).
		Hanu'n (Kwakwala); Caapi (Nuu-chah-nulth); K watachin (Mainland Comox); Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Latin).
		Dza'wan (Kwakwala); Cuw it (Nuu-chah-nulth); xaythawk (Mainland Comox); Oncorhynchus kisutch (Latin).
	www.crmuseum.ca /exhibits/salmon.html (1884 words)

	The Kwak̓'wala Language
		Kwak̕wala is a Northern Wakashan language spoken at the north end of Vancouver Island and adjacent areas on the mainland.
		Liq̓ʷala (Lekwiltok) is often considered a dialect of Kwak̕wala as well, but may warrant separate language status.
		The U'mista Cultural Society uses this orthography for the Kwak̕wala dialect, for which it is official.
	www.languagegeek.com /wakashan/kwakwala.html (280 words)

	VIEW ROA 261
		High-ranking of these constraints force unreduplicated words to be faithful, but allow one member of the base-reduplicant pair to alternate in response to markedness constraints.
		Kwakwala reduplication illustrates this type of The Emergence of the Unmarked (McCarthy and Prince 1994), called 'Output TETU'.
		WEIGHTbyPOSITION emerges in Kwakwala reduplicants, and forces coda consonants to be moraic.
	roa.rutgers.edu /view.php3?roa=261 (156 words)

	Kwakwala Language and the Kwakwakawakw (Kwakiutl) Indian Tribe
		Kwakwala Language and the Kwakwakawakw (Kwakiutl) Indian Tribe
		Kwakiutl or Kwak'wala is a Wakashan language of the Northwest Coast, spoken by around 250 native people in British Columbia.
		The language has been in decline, but some young Kwakiutls are working to keep their ancestral language alive.
	www.native-languages.org /kwakiutl.htm (0 words)

	Kwakiutl
		The "kwakwaka'wakw" (often referred to as Kwakiutl, which is the name of the Fort Rupert band, and Kwagulth) occupy coastal areas of BC extending from Smith Inlet in the north to Cape Mudge in the south, west to Quatsino and east to Knight Inlet.
		Originally, there were 28 tribes, all speaking dialects of Kwakwala, from which comes the people's name for themselves, Kwakwaka'wakw.
		A member of the Wakashan language family, Kwakwala is related to other languages such as Westcoast (NOOTKA), HEILTSUK (Bella Bella), Oowekyala (Rivers Inlet people) and Haisla (KITAMAAT).
	tceplus.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004389 (631 words)

	Rubina out on bail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		And when asked if to her knowledge and experience a person who deserts a child leaves it in the hands of someone else, Mahangula said ‘no’.
		Alibaba is being represented by Lucius Kwakwala and Daniel Chiona from Legal Aid Department.
		The defence lawyers then applied for bail for their client, saying it is her constitutional right.
	www.nationmalawi.com /articles.asp?articleID=16647 (462 words)

	Vancouver Folk Music Festival Performer Archives
		Known for many years as "Kwakiutl" or "Kwagiulth", this name refers only to the nation at T'sakis, or what is now called "Fort Rupert".
		The Kwakwakawa'kw are 15 nations, each speaking the language of Kwakwala or a closely related dialect.
		Their traditional homelands are the northeastern portion of what is now called Vancouver Island and up the coast to the territory of the Hieltsuk, including close relations at what is known as Bella Bella.
	www.thefestival.bc.ca /archive/index.cfm?perID=539 (0 words)

	Aboriginal Neighbours
		MCC has had a long history in Port Hardy and Klassen felt the meal would be a good opportunity for the two communities to connect.
		After the meal, the group sat in a circle and shared songs in both English and Kwakwala.
		Chief Paddy Walkus shared offered his thanks to MCC for its history with the people of Gwa’Sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw and the way in which they have built relationships there.
	www.mcc.org /bc/aboriginalneighbours/story1.html (451 words)

	First Congregational Church of Elgin::Sermon for 11/23/2003
		Unbeknownst to the young priest, but known to the bishop, is the fact that Father Mark is seriously ill, in fact, terminally ill, and the bishop knows that ministering among the Kwakwala will teach him valuable lessons he'll need as his health begins to fail.
		But before Father Mark leaves for his new assignment the bishop says to him, "If you go to the village, from the time you tie up at the float in the inlet, the village is you.
		Throughout the novel, Mark, the young priest, invests his life in the little Kwakwala village, immersing himself in their lives, in their families, in their chapel, in their baptisms and funerals.
	www.fcc-elgin.org /sermons/sermon.asp?y=2003&m=11&d=23 (1934 words)

	Featured Artists - Native Artist Biographies - Artisan Narratives - Pacific Northwest Coast (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her baskets are mostly made out of yellow and red cedar and she is always very willing to pass on her knowledge of traditional basketry.
		Born in 1976, Junior is the son of Dan Henderson, grandson of the late master carver Sam Henderson Sr., has inherited that special Henderson artistic talent.
		Ruby began her now successful career in the spring of 1990 with the help and encouragement of her husband Dick, who collaborates with her on the design work on the ceramic pieces.
	www.houseoftreasures.com /artistbios (621 words)

	Johnathan Henderson
		The totem pole was dedicated to the Coast Salish people (of the Victoria area) on behalf of the Kwakwala speaking people.
		I will continue to carve with respect to the ways my father has taught me and with the proper protocol in the ways things are to be done.
		I will do my best to preserve and restore what I can of my culture as I feel an obligation to make sure there will be something for my children and for future generations of the Kwakwala speaking people.
	www.justart.ca /johnathan-henderson-photos.htm (0 words)

	hunt.html (Site not responding. Last check: )
		George Hunt was the key informant for Franz Boas' during his work among the Kwakiutl.
		The son of a Scottish Hudson's Bay Company worker and a Tlingit mother, Hunt was a native of Fort Rupert and was fluent in Kwakwala and English, though only literate in English.
		He met and was first employed by Boas in 1888 while Boas was working with the Jesup Expedition (1887-1902), for which they copublished volumes for the Jesup Expedition Memoirs.
	classes.yale.edu /02-03/anth500a/projects/project_sites/99_Warner/hunt.htm (421 words)

	Biography: Barb Cranmer
		As with all her work, T'lina shares an intimate view of the power of community and the strength of tradition among the 14 groups speaking the Kwak'wala language, who live in a territory that reaches from Port Hardy on Northern Vancouver Island, south to Campbell River area.
		While the economic impact of declines in commercial fisheries has garnered national attention - where the local harvesting of a tiny fish known as the eulachon is concerned, it is the potential CULTURAL loss that is important to the 'Namgis community of Alert Bay.
		In the Kwakwala language t'lina (pronounced "gleetna") is the name of the precious oil rendered from the fish.
	www.firstnationsdrum.com /biography/wint00_cranmer.htm (2030 words)

	Beau Dick - Alcheringa Gallery
		As an infant, Beau was taken by his family to Kingcome Village, at the head of Kingcome Inlet, in the mainland coast of British Columbia, where he spent the first six years of his life.
		There, only his native language, Kwakwala was spoken.
		Later, Beau was brought to Vancouver to attend school, but summers were spent with his family in Alert Bay.
	www.alcheringa-gallery.com /artists.html?do=view&artist=45&locale=2 (264 words)

	Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - SOLOMONS IS: RAMSI awaits court detention judgement (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Solomon Islands, a court case wound up today, in which a local man alleges his constitutional rights were violated by officers serving in the Regional Assistance Mission, or RAMSI.
		John Kwakwala Makasi has alleged wrongful detention and violation of his constitutional rights when he was questioned over the murder of Australian soldier Adam Dunning in December last year.
		ASHLEY: In today's paper it was reported and, in fact, I don't know where these paper people got their story from, but they said that I had submitted that RAMSI is an illegal force.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /pacbeat/stories/s1451251.htm (728 words)

	Kwakw'ala Bibliography
		"Kwakwala Syntax and the Government-Binding Theory," in Eung-Do Cook and Donna Gerdts (eds.) Syntax and Semantics 16: The Syntax of Native American Languages (New York: Academic Press) pp.
		Levine, Robert D. "On the lexical origin of the Kwak'wala passive," International Journal of American Linguistics 46.240-58.
		Levine, Robert D. "Empty Categories, Rules of Grammar, and Kwakw'ala Complementation," in Eung-Do Cook and Donna Gerdts (eds.) Syntax and Semantics 16: The Syntax of Native American Languages (New York: Academic Press) pp.
	www.ydli.org /biblios/kwabib.htm (417 words)

	Pacific Magazine: SOLOMON ISLANDS: RAMSI Immunity Tested
		The question of immunity from prosecution of officers serving with the Regional Assistance to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is being tested for the first time since the Mission began in July 2003.
		A Honiara law firm, A & A Legal Services, acting for John Kwakwala Makasi of Green Valley in east Honiara is challenging the legality of actions by RAMSI police officers against its client.
		Makasi was taken in for questioning by RAMSI police after the fatal December shooting and subsequent death of Australian Federal Police officer Adam Dunning in Honiara.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /news/2005/01/17/solomon-islands-ramsi-immunity-tested (288 words)

	Kwakwaka'wakw mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kwakwaka'wakw house pole represening a female Dzunukwa, 19th century
		The Kwakwaka'wakw are 18 First Nations who speak the Kwakwala language that live on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada.
		Dzunukwa (Tsonokwa) is a type of cannibal giant called sasquatch and comes in both male and female forms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kwakwaka'wakw_mythology (305 words)

	LaserKwakwala
		Professional-quality, hinted, scalable TrueType® and Type-1 fonts in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles containing all the characters and diacritics necessary to type the Native American Kwakwala language.
		This font contains all the characters and diacritics necessary to type the Native American Kwakwala language.
		Comes with EuroScript® on-the-fly keyboard conversion template which gives the most convenient possible typing of all of the accents in the Kwakwala language.
	www.linguistsoftware.com /lkw.htm (0 words)

	NAT-LANG (1996): Re: dictionary preparation times
		Perhaps the most comprehensive dictionary of Kwakwala is the one produced by
		Kwakwala, therefore, like many native languages, has a lot of "dictionaries."
		I think, however, that the biggest reason why Kwakwala dictionaries are not
	nativenet.uthscsa.edu /archive/ng/96/0061.html (470 words)

	LINGUIST List 17.26: Wakashan Ling/Canada;Computational Ling/Norway
		The Wakashan Linguistics Conference promotes the scientific study, teaching, and second language learning of the Wakashan languages: Makah, Ditidaht, Nuuchahnulth, Kwakwala, Oowekyala, Heiltsuk, and Haisla.
		Papers may be on any aspect of the scientific study, teaching, or second language learning of the Wakashan languages (Makah, Ditidaht, Nuuchahnulth, Kwakwala, Oowekyala, Heiltsuk, and Haisla).
		It is expected that presentations at the conference will fall into three general groups: technical linguistics papers, updates of local language programs, and tutorials.
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/17/17-26.html (522 words)

	Kwakiutl \| Short History
		We have been called the Kwakiutl ever since 1849, when the white people came to stay in our territories.
		It was a term then applied to all the Kwakwaka'wakw—that is, all of the people who speak the language Kwakwala.
		Collectively, we call ourselves the Kwakwaka'wakw—that is, all of the people who speak the language Kwakwala.
	www.kwakiutl.bc.ca /land/history.htm (482 words)

	AILegacy.Org Kwakwala Virtual Human Translator Demo
		I hope to find a nice Kwakwala to teach me soon.
		For those that are newbies to Kwakwala, and like to test their own memory in regards to words and phrases, I can also translate from very basic short Kwakwala words and phrases back to english.
		Be warned that you will need to remember the standardization guidelines when you are testing your spelling with me.
	robotcamp.ailegacy.org /web_bot_kwakwala (0 words)

	North Wakashan Bibliography
		Anderson, Stephen R. Kwakwala syntax and the government-binding theory.
		Levine, Robert D. Empty categories, rules of grammar, and Kwakwala complementation.
		Levine, Robert D. On the lexical origin of the Kwakwala passive.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~ebach/papers/nwakbbl.htm (542 words)

	Oxfam - HIV/AIDS - Home-based Care project (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Helen Kwakwala (left), a carer in Phalombe, with 13-year-old Marha Njovu - one of three orphaned sisters.
		It is estimated that 14.4 per cent of the adult population of Malawi is HIV-positive.
		Oxfam GB is a ltd company, reg in London No 612172, Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Oxford OX4 2JY.
	www.oxfam.org.uk /what_we_do/issues/hivaids/caregivers.htm (596 words)

	Maxine Matilpi - Alcheringa Gallery
		She spent her early life in her home village of Kalugwis, located in the very centre of Kwakwaka'wakw territory.
		Here she learned her first language, Kwakwala, and was formally trained and educated in many aspects of traditional culture.
		Maxine has dedicated her talents to her people in order that their traditional culture remains vibrant and strong.
	www.alcheringa-gallery.com /artists.html?do=view&artist=130&locale=2 (453 words)

	LINGUIST List 6.1410: Stops in coda position, Nebrija, Kwakwala (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hi everybody I have a question about the phonological/phonetic status of releasing vs. nonreleasing of stops in the coda position.
		Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 17:55:51 Grammatical sketch of Kwakwala?
		Dear members of Linguist List I have been tring to gain some understanding of Kwakiutl/Kwakwala by reading F. Boas's grammar, but this has turned out to be unexpectedly difficult.
	linguistlist.org /issues/6/6-1410.html (197 words)

	Wilderness on the Chopping Block (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The rain forest of the Klaskish is at the base of Brooks Peninsula, which held off the glaciers during the last ice age, and is inaccessible by land.
		The people of the Kwakwala plied these waters for over 10,000 years, moving goods and people between the village sites protected by the many inlets along this rugged coast.
		The remote and rugged location of this rain forest has protected it from 150 years of industrial logging, until today.
	zoeblunt.gnn.tv /blogs/17980/Wilderness_on_the_Chopping_Block (849 words)

	ABCBookWorld
		Based on input from the elders of Quatsino, Fort Rupert and Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw, Marion Roze Wright gathered materials and consensus for an instructional guide to Kwakwaka'wakw culture entitled My Elders Tell Me (Tri-Bands Education Committee, 1996), rendered as a season-by-season story about two nine-year-old cousins who live near Port Hardy.
		Illustrated by Judy Hilgemann, this wide-ranging volume provides some Kwakwala language terms and educational sidebars.
		The Hamatsa Society, for instance, is introduced as comprising the high ranking members of society, usually young men who were sent into the forest to fend for themselves without hunting gear.
	www.abcbookworld.com /?state=view_author&author_id=7500 (239 words)

	Sea kayak with killer whales near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Telegraph Cove.
		The trip is designed to get one close to the whales and to fully immerse oneself in the beauty of being
		You will be picked up in Sayward and transported to our vessel, the Gla-Lis which means Finning Whale in our First Nation language of Kwakwala.
		The high speed craft is painted with aboriginal orca designs from bow to stern.
	www.villageisland.com /packages_orcarider.html (0 words)

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