A 'Nakwaxda'xw neck ring.
The Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nations are a union of two Kwakwaka'wakw peoples in a band government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia , Canada , whose main reserve community is near the town of Port Hardy in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia , Canada . The band government is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District Council (the Quatsino First Nation , the Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation , and the Tlatlasikwala Nation ).
The Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation was originally two distinct First Nations, the Gwa'sala and the 'Nak'waxda'xw (Nakoaktok). In the mid-1960s the Federal Government relocated the two nations to the current reserve, Tsulquate, and amalgamated them (along with the neighbouring Kwakiutl First Nation ) into one group. Eventually the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations and the Kwakiutl First Nation separated into the two groups that are recognized by the federal government to this day. Their current main community is at Tsulquate IR No. 4 near Port Hardy .[ 1]
Indian reserves [ edit ]
Indian reserves under the governance of the Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw are:[ 2]
Ann Island IR No. 7 , on Ann Island in Smith Sound , 10.10 ha. 51°16′00″N 127°48′00″W / 51.26667°N 127.80000°W / 51.26667; -127.80000 (Ann Island IR No. 7 ) [ 3]
Dedagaus IR No. 8 , on the north shore of Seymour Inlet , 1/2 mile north of the Nahwokto Rapids , 0.30 ha. 51°06′00″N 127°31′00″W / 51.10000°N 127.51667°W / 51.10000; -127.51667 (Dedegaus IR No. 8 ) [ 4]
Halowis IR No. 5 , at the mouth of Smokehouse Creek at the head of Long Lake, 3.60 ha. 51°18′00″N 127°03′00″W / 51.30000°N 127.05000°W / 51.30000; -127.05000 (Halowis IR No. 5 ) [ 5]
Kai-too-kwis IR No. 15 , at the head of Chief Nollis Bay on Allison Sound , north of Belize Inlet , 20.80 ha. 51°11′00″N 127°05′00″W / 51.18333°N 127.08333°W / 51.18333; -127.08333 (Kai-too-kwis IR No. 15 ) [ 6]
Kequesta IR No. 1 , on the north shore of the entrance to Nuget Sound , 70.40 ha. 51°06′00″N 127°28′00″W / 51.10000°N 127.46667°W / 51.10000; -127.46667 (Kequesta IR No. 1 ) [ 7]
Khazisela IR No. 7 ,on an island in the centre of the Nahkwocto Raids at the north end of Schooner Channel , 0.40 ha. 51°06′00″N 127°31′00″W / 51.10000°N 127.51667°W / 51.10000; -127.51667 (Khazisela IR No. 7 ) [ 8]
Ko-kwi-iss IR No. 14 , on the east shore of Allison Sound to the north of Belize Inlet , 6.40 ha. 51°09′00″N 127°06′00″W / 51.15000°N 127.10000°W / 51.15000; -127.10000 (Ko-kwi-iss IR No. 14 ) [ 9]
Kuthlo IR No. 18 , at the head of Salmon Arm of Seymour Inlet , 3.0 ha. 51°04′00″N 126°39′00″W / 51.06667°N 126.65000°W / 51.06667; -126.65000 (Kuthlo IR No. 18 ) [ 10]
Kwetahkis IR No. 9 , on the north shore of Whelakis Lagoon on Seymour Inlet, 4.0 ha. 50°58′00″N 127°13′00″W / 50.96667°N 127.21667°W / 50.96667; -127.21667 (Kwetahkis IR No. 9 ) [ 11]
Mahpahkum IR No. 4 , on Deserters Island in the Deserters Group , and including small off-shore islands, 7.80 ha. Coordinates : 50°53′00″N 127°28′00″W / 50.88333°N 127.46667°W / 50.88333; -127.46667 (Mahpahkum IR No. 4 ) [ 12]
Na-kwockto IR No. 2 , on three small islands at the mouth of Nugent Sound , 1/2 mile south of Kequesta IR No. 1, 0.40 ha. 51°05′00″N 127°28′00″W / 51.08333°N 127.46667°W / 51.08333; -127.46667 (Na-kwockto IR No. 2 ) [ 13]
Nathlegalis IR No. 3 , comprising Indian Island and five smaller islands in Takush Harbour in Browning Channel , 134.40 ha. 51°17′00″N 127°39′00″W / 51.28333°N 127.65000°W / 51.28333; -127.65000 (Nathlegalis IR No. 3 ) [ 14]
Nekite IR No. 2 , at the mouth of the Nekite River at the head of Smith Inlet , 66.80 ha. 51°25′00″N 127°05′00″W / 51.41667°N 127.08333°W / 51.41667; -127.08333 (Nekite IR No. 2 ) [ 15]
Owh-wis-too-a-wan IR No. 10 , at Eclipse Narrows at the mouth of Frederick Sound , Seymour Inlet , 5.30 ha. 51°05′00″N 126°46′00″W / 51.08333°N 126.76667°W / 51.08333; -126.76667 (Owh-wis-too-a-wan IR No. 10 ) [ 16]
Pahas IR No. 3 , on the north shore of Blunden Harbour , 39.90 ha. 50°54′00″N 127°18′00″W / 50.90000°N 127.30000°W / 50.90000; -127.30000 (Pahas IR No. 3 ) [ 17]
Pel-looth'l Kai IR No. 17 , at the east end of Belize Inlet , 1.70 ha. 51°07′00″N 126°55′00″W / 51.11667°N 126.91667°W / 51.11667; -126.91667 (Pel-looth'l Kai IR No. 17 ) [ 18]
Peneece IR No. 11 , at the head of Wigwam Bay on the north shore of Seymour Inlet , 3.50 ha. 51°07′00″N 126°42′00″W / 51.11667°N 126.70000°W / 51.11667; -126.70000 (Peneece IR No. 11 ) [ 19]
Saagoombahlah IR No. 6 , on the east shore of Schooner Passage east of Braham Island , 1.80 ha. 51°05′00″N 127°31′00″W / 51.08333°N 127.51667°W / 51.08333; -127.51667 (Saagoombahlah IR No. 6 ) [ 20]
Ta-a-ack IR No. 5 , on one of the islands in the Sorm Group at the west end of Queen Charlotte Strait , 13.90 ha. 51°02′00″N 127°43′00″W / 51.03333°N 127.71667°W / 51.03333; -127.71667 (Ta-a-ack IR No. 5 ) [ 21]
Toksee IR No. 4 , at the junction of Long Lake and Wyclees Lagoon , 5.60 ha. 51°14′00″N 127°20′00″W / 51.23333°N 127.33333°W / 51.23333; -127.33333 (Toksee IR No. 4 ) [ 22]
Tsai-kwi-ee IR No. 13 , at Village Bay on the east shore of Mereworth Sound , 4.60 ha. 51°10′00″N 127°25′00″W / 51.16667°N 127.41667°W / 51.16667; -127.41667 (Tsai-kwi-ee IR No. 13 ) [ 23]
Tseetsum-Sawlasilah IR No. 6 , on the north shore of Naysash Inlet , Smith Sound , 2.10 ha. 51°20′00″N 127°19′00″W / 51.33333°N 127.31667°W / 51.33333; -127.31667 (Tseetsum-Sawlasilah IR No. 6 ) [ 24]
Tsulquate IR No. 4 , on the west shore of Hardy Bay , one mile north of Port Hardy , 59.90 ha. 50°44′00″N 127°30′00″W / 50.73333°N 127.50000°W / 50.73333; -127.50000 (Tsulquate IR No. 4 ) [ 25]
Waump IR No. 16 , at the head of Allison Sound, Belize Inlet, 37.60 ha. 51°11′00″N 126°55′00″W / 51.18333°N 126.91667°W / 51.18333; -126.91667 (Waump IR No. 16 ) [ 26]
Wawwat'l IR No 12 , on the right bank of the Seymour River , two miles from the head of Seymour Inlet, 66.80 ha. 51°13′00″N 126°40′00″W / 51.21667°N 126.66667°W / 51.21667; -126.66667 (Wawwat'l IR No. 12 ) [ 27]
Wyclese IR No. 1 , on the south shore of Smith Sound at the entrance to Wyclees Lagoon, 223 ha. 51°17′00″N 127°21′00″W / 51.28333°N 127.35000°W / 51.28333; -127.35000 (Wyclese IR No. 1 ) [ 28]
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