'Namgis

Totem poles in front of homes in Alert Bay in the 1900s

The 'Namgis are an Indigenous nation, a part of the Kwakwaka'wakw, in central British Columbia, on northern Vancouver Island. Their main village is now Yalis, on Cormorant Island adjacent to Alert Bay. The Indian Act First Nations government of this nation is the Namgis First Nation. They were formerly known as the Nimpkish.

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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

Culture & Society	Potlatch Music Mythology Art Kwak'wala

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