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	Kwakiutl
		The Kwakiutl are located between the fiftieth and fifty-fourth parallels in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.
		The Kwakiutl supplied the newcomers with furs and they were in turn shown the marvels of a modern society being built-up around them.
		Kwakiutl men hunted deer and moose, but their main source of food was fish.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/kwakiutl.html (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.
		The culture of the Kwakiutl is similar to that of their northern neighbours, the Bella Bella and Rivers Inlet peoples.
		Today, most Kwakiutl children speak English as their first language, and many schools in the area sponsor programs in Kwakwala and traditional dance and art.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004389 (0 words)

	Kwakiutl Mask Dolls
		is a representation of Hamatsa, a personification of a man-eating Spirit in Kwakiutl mythology.
		The mask is worn by a dancer during a winter ceremony known as Tseyka.
		This Kwakiutl dance mask, used in winter ceremonies, represents Hokhokw, a man-eating bird.
	www.rivertradingpost.com /kwakiutl_mask_dolls.htm (0 words)

	Kwakiutl Indian Tribe History
		The population of the Kwakiutl proper in 1904 was 163.
		In more extended senses the term Kwakiutl is applied to one of the two great division of the Wakashan linguistic stock (the other being the Nootka), and to a dialect and a subdialect under this.
		The total population of the Kwakiutl branch of the Wakashan stock in 1904 was 2,173, and it appears to be steadily decreasing.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/canada/kwakiutlindianhist.htm (311 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kwakiutl (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The mask is a representation of Hamatsa, a personification of the Man-Eater Bakhwbakwalanooksiwey, a spirit in Kwakiutl mythology.
		The Kwakiutl occupied the northern corner of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from Johnstone Strait to Cape Cook, and the mainland coast from Douglas Channel to Bute Inlet, except a small portion controlled by the Bella Coola.
		The material culture of coastal tribes such as the Kwakiutl hinged on the shoals of salmon that ascended the creeks and rivers each year, and on the abundant stands of free-grained cedar trees.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kwakiutl (553 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Kwakiutl mythology
		The Kwakiutl are a tribe of Native Americans in the northwestern United States.
		Kewkwaxa'we[?] is the raven spirit, who brought the Kawkiutl people the moon, fire, salmon, the sun and the tides.
		Of particular importance in Kwakiutl culture is the secret society called Hamatsa[?].
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/kw/Kwakiutl_mythology (226 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kwakiutl (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kwakiutl Tribe of Native Americans on the nw coast speaking the Wakashan language, and closely related to the Bella Bella.
		A competitive winter festival involving extravagant feasting, ostentatious distribution of gifts, and ceremonial destruction of valuable possessions, performed by the Kwakiutl and other American Indians of the north-west coastal area as a display of wealth and a method of maintaining or...
		Kwakiutl artist selected (David Neel to be displayed at Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Kwakiutl (697 words)

	Kwakiutl - Encyclopedia.com
		Kwakiutl, group of closely related Native North Americans who inhabit N Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
		Kwakiutl culture was typical of the Northwest Coast area (including the custom of potlatch).
		The ethnographer Franz Boas produced a significant number of ethnographic studies on the Kwakiutl.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Kwakiutl.html (414 words)

	ArtsNet Minnesota: Inner Worlds: Richard Hunt
		While this particular mask was made for sale, Hunt made a similar mask for a family dance at a winter potlatch and wears it himself while participating in the ceremonies.
		According to Kwakiutl creation stories, there was once a time when birds, fish, animals and humans differed only in skin covering and had the ability to transform themselves at will.
		According to Kwakiutl belief, when dancers are wearing these masks, they are transformed into the spirits represented on the mask.
	www.artsconnected.org /artsnetmn/inner/hunt.html (709 words)

	Kwakiutl
		The Kwakiutl, pronounced Kwah-kee-oo-tel, or Kwah-kee-olth, are American Indians that lived in and around Vancouver Island and on the mainland coast of British Columbia.
		Because the Kwakiutl have access to fish and their body oils, the tribe was an important part of the trade network amongst other tribes.
		The Kwakiutl believed that spirits came to earth each winter, dwelt amongst humans, and passed on their powers to a young man or woman.
	www.angelfire.com /hi4/Magik8Ball/Kwak.html (1415 words)

	Northwest Coast Books: Kwakiutl String Figures
		In addition to characterizing the social conditions that prompted string figure making among the Kwakiutl during the time of her field study, Averkieva noted step-by-step instructions for each figure and transcribed traditional accompanying chants.
		Sherman's analysis of figure titles suggests that many aspects of Kwakiutl material culture and belief are preserved in string.
		Kwakiutl String Figures will interest students of comparative cultures and will delight all who have time (and string) on their hands.
	www.nwcbooks.com /Titles/K/KwakString.htm (366 words)

	Kwakiutl - TheBestLinks.com - Anthropology, British Columbia, Canada, Franz Boas, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kwakiutl, Anthropology, British Columbia, Canada, Franz Boas, Language...
		Kwakiutl is a term used to describe a group of Canadian First Nations, numbering about 5,500, who live in British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Island, and the mainland.
		The term they prefer to describe themselves is Kwakwaka'wakw, with their indigenous language, part of the Wakashan family, being termed Kwak'wala.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Kwakiutl.html (260 words)

	KWAKIUTL,
		The Kwakiutl life was one of fierce, unremitting rivalry; the people were often regarded as aggressive.
		The wealthiest Kwakiutl used the potlatch as an occasion for the public destruction of their property to validate individual status and wealth.
		Part of the collection was returned in the 1960s after the Kwakiutl agreed to build two museums, the Kwakiutl Museum in Cape Mudge and the U’Mista Cultural Center in Alert Bay.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..kw063100.a#FWNE.fw..kw063100.a (322 words)

	Kwakiutl Midwinter Ceremony + Cartoon Fun by Brownielocks.
		Kwakiutl legend says that the salmon were supernatural beings who lived in their own villages under the sea.
		They had their own ceremonies and rites which were passed on to the Kwakiutl ancestors.
		The Kwakiutl believe that it was the raven with the supernatural powers who placed the sun, moon and stars in the sky.
	www.brownielocks.com /kwakiutl.html (1323 words)

	kwakiutl
		Kwakiutl artist selected (David Neel to be displayed at Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona).
		herself is recognized as a world expert on Kwakiutl culture, in May of 1990 she invited a contingent of 10 Kwakiutl Indians from British Columbia to confer...
		Masks were a constant feature of Kwakiutl ritual, and I will suggest that the masking principle permeated other aspects of Kwakiutl culture as well.
	www.hallamericanhistory.com /top/sites/10/1/kwakiutl.html (477 words)

	Exceptions that Prove the Rule, #2: The Kwakiutl (The Anthropik Network) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Boas' study of the Kwakiutl became an anthropological classic, and the Kwakiutl became a favorite subject of anthropological study, and a mainstay of introductory cultural anthropology textbooks for millions of college students.
		Nonetheless, salmon runs diminished, much of the Kwakiutl culture had been lost through the interval years of persecution, and most of their population had been destroyed by disease in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
		No doubt, pockets like the Kwakiutl's will exist then, as well, but like the Kwakiutl, the advantages that foragers are able to gain to increase their level of complexity are also pegged to a specific geography.
	anthropik.com /2006/01/exceptions-that-prove-the-rule-2-the-kwakiutl (2204 words)

	Kwakiutl is a term used to describe a group of... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kwakiutl is a term used to describe a group of...
		"Kwakiutl" is a term used to describe a group of Canadian Canadian First Nation First Nations, numbering about 5,500, who live in British Columbia British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Island Queen Charlotte Island, and the mainland.
		The term they prefer to describe themselves is "Kwakwaka'wakw", with their indigenous language language, part of the Wakashan Wakashan family, being termed "Kwak'wala".
	www.biodatabase.de /Kwakiutl (282 words)

	Amazon.com: Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch: Books: Aldona Jonaitis
		The Kwakiutl continued to potlatch furtively until the ban was rescinded in 1951.
		Essays by scholars discuss Kwakiutl ritual dance, analyze the social significance of potlatch and reveal how anthropologist Franz Boas, the museum's curator from 1895 to 1905, acquired a wealth of potlatch objects with the help of his chief informant, George Hunt, a half-English, half-Tlingit Native anthropologist who was raised in a Kwakiutl village.
		The quality of the museum's Kwakiutl collection and the expert gathering of its key portions for the exhibition and this book were made possible more than a century ago as Franz Boas and George Hunt began collecting objects from the enduring cultural tradition of the Kwakiutl.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/0295971150/gemotrack12-20/ref=nosim (0 words)

	Kwakiutl
		The &QUOT;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.
		The culture of the Kwakiutl is similar to that of their northern neighbours, the Bella Bella and Rivers Inlet peoples.
		Today, most Kwakiutl children speak English as their first language, and many schools in the area sponsor programs in Kwakwala and traditional dance and art.
	tceplus.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004389 (631 words)

	Kwakiutl: Indians of British Columbia
		The Kwakiutl were not familiar with profession of anthropology, and were quite suspicious, especially at first, of Ronald's activities, particularly his constant note-taking.
		They note that the Kwakiutl currently dress like others and live in a way that is similar to non-Kwakiutls in the area.
		The authors also discuss the impact that drinking has had on the society, suggesting that it serves to fill the void of cultural loss and can be positive in that it facilitates interpersonal communication by lowering inhibitions.
	www.8notes.com /books/detpage.asp?asin=0881332259&field-keywords=Couperin&schMod=music&type=&sb=s (575 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		According to the E-Museum at the Minnesota State University, which may be accessed through the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library: "The Kwakiutl population recovered after World War II (1939-1945), growing to more than 4,100 in 1991.
		Kwakiutl totem pole in front of house with painted thunderbird, Alert Bay, British Columbia, September 5, 1909 (photo) (a link from American Memory)
		Kwakiutl village on a hillside, Vancouver Island on Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, in engraving made 1792 (drawing) (a link from American Memory)
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=324 (3447 words)

	Kwakiutl. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		They, together with the Nootka, their southern neighbors, make up the Wakashan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages).
		Kwakiutl culture was typical of the Northwest Coast area (including the custom of potlatch).
		The ethnographer Franz Boas produced a significant number of ethnographic studies on the Kwakiutl.
	www.bartleby.com /65/kw/Kwakiutl.html (0 words)

	Image Entertainment / Special Interest / In The Land Of The War Canoes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In this film, originally titled "In the Land of the Headhunters," Curtis retold a tribal story of love and revenge among the Kwakiutl Indians of Vancouver Island.
		Curtis spent three years with the Kwakiutl to meticulously recreate their way of life before the white man came.
		Restored from the only surviving print in 1972 with a new score of original music and chants by the Kwakiutls themselves, "In the Land of the War Canoes" presents a magnificent image of a lost world.
	www.image-entertainment.com /dvd/detail.cfm?productID=14531 (157 words)

	Kwakiutl Masks (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Masks were a very important part of these activities since they gave life to various mythological, elemental, bird and animal figures which the people claimed as their ancestors from the the early days.
		The Kwakiutl especially demonstrated strong, clear carving, and painting was used to enhance, emphasize or embellish the basic form of the mask.
		In the Kwakiutl calendar, the summer or Bakoostime was the non-ceremonial part of the year.
	www.mala.bc.ca /www/discover/educate/posters/lauriec.htm (352 words)

	Kwakiutl String Figures (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This intriguing volume publishes for the first time 102 string figures and 10 string tricks collected among the Kwakiutl Indians by Julia Averkieva, a young visiting Soviet scholar who accompanied Boas on his 1930 expedition to Vancouver Island.
		In addition to characterizing the social conditions that prompted string figure making among the Kwakiutl during the time of her field study, Averkieva noted step-by-step instructions for each figure and transcribed traditional accompanying chants.
		In examining the ethnological value of the collection, he discusses the implications of observed similarities between Eskimo and Kwakiutl string figures.
	www.stringfigurestore.com /kwakiutl.html (329 words)

	Kwakiutl language, alphabet and pronunciation
		Kwakiutl is a Northern Wakashan language spoken by about 200 people at the north end of Vancouver Island and adjacent areas on the mainland.
		Most of the Kwakiutl speakers are elderly and the language is used mainly for public speaking and singing at potlatches, funerals and church services.
		The Kwakiutl - information about the Kwakiutl people
	www.omniglot.com /writing/kwakiutl.htm (91 words)

	Kwakiutl
		At the end of these lessons you will show what you've learned about how the Kwakiutl Indians lived, searched for food, made their clothing, used nature and practiced their religion.
		of a Kwakiutl shelter, canoe and a totem pole,and mask;
		At the end of this project you will have learned how the Kwakiutl Indians lived and survived in the past and be prepared to learn more about native Americans.
	projects.edtech.sandi.net /kimbrough/kwakiutl (0 words)

	Kwakiutl
		Kwakiutl The Kwakiutl were one of the major...
		The Kwakiutl, the Cheyenne, and the Navajo are the Native American tribes studied in this...
		...the Kwakiutl Tribe, Cheyenne Tribe, and the Navajo Tribe.
	saint-johns-brunswick.pvt.k12.me.us /student/projects/Indians/kwakiutl.htm (0 words)

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