Kwakiutl First Nation

A welcome figure in front of U’gwamalis Hall, headquarters of the Kwakiutl First Nation in Fort Rupert.

The Kwakiutl First Nation is a First Nations government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focused on the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait region, and also known as the Fort Rupert Band, known in traditional Kwakwaka'wakw terms as the Kwagu'ł or Kwagyewlth. It is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council. It is not in the British Columbia Treaty Process at present.

Kwakwaka'wakw

Tribes or Nations	Kwagu'ł Mamalilikala 'Namgis Ławit'sis A'wa'et'ala Da'naxda'xw Ma'amtagila Dzawada'enux Kwikwasut'inux Gwawa'enux Haxwa'mis 'Nak'waxda'xw Gwa'sala Gusgimukw Gwat'sinux T'lat'lasikwala Weka'yi Wiwekam

First Nations	Campbell River First Nation (Wei Wai Kum) Cape Mudge First Nation (Wei Wai Kai) Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation K'ómoks (Comox) First Nation Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis ‘Namgis First Nation Quatsino First Nation Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation Tlatlasikwala Nation Kwiakah First Nation Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em First Nation Kwakiutl First Nation Tsawataineuk First Nation Tlowitsis Nation Gwawaenuk Tribe

Villages	Memkumlis Gwayasdums Kalugwis New Vancouver Yalis Gwa'yi Ba'as Takus Tsaxis

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Kwakwaka'wakw band governments

Campbell River First Nation (Wei Wai Kum) Cape Mudge First Nation (Wei Wai Kai) Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation K'ómoks (Comox) First Nation Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwa-mish First Nation ‘Namgis First Nation Quatsino First Nation Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation Tlatlasikwala Nation Kwiakah First Nation Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em First Nation Kwakiutl First Nation Tsawataineuk First Nation

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Kwakiutl First Nation

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