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.[1] It is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council. It is currently in stage 4 of the British Columbia Treaty Process, having submitted a statement of intent in 1997.[2]

The chief of the Kwakiutl is Councillor Grace Wilson.[3] There are approximately 835 members of the Kwakiutl nation.[2]

  1. ^ "First Nations - Land Rights and Environmentalism in British Columbia". www.firstnations.eu. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  2. ^ a b "Kwakiutl Nation | BC Treaty Commission". www.bctreaty.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  3. ^ "Kwakiutl | British Columbia Assembly of First Nations". www.bcafn.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-07.