Kingcome, British Columbia

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Kingcome, known as Okwunalis[1] and Gwa'yi in Kwak'wala (actually the name of the Kingcome River,[2] is an unincorporated settlement in the Kingcome Inlet area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located a few miles up the Kingcome River from the head of the inlet.[3] Quaee Indian Reserve No. 7 is the Indian reserve containing the village.[4]

It is the home of one of the four tribes of the Dzawada’enuxw (Tsawataineuk) subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw and was in the past site of a large cannery. It is the setting for the book "I Heard the Owl Call My Name".

See also

References

  1. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Okwunalis"
  2. ↑ Simon Fraser University Digital Village project "Gwa'yi (Kingcome)"
  3. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kingcome (locality)"
  4. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Quaee 7 (Indian reserve)"

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