Kwakiutl District Council

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The Kwakiutl District Council, also spelled Kwakwewlth District Council, is a First Nations Tribal Council based on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, based in the community of Campbell River, British Columbia in the northern Strait of Georgia but including membership nations spanning northern Vancouver Island as far as Quatsino Sound. The nations of the Kwakiutl District Council are all Kwakwaka'wakw (speakers of Kwak'wala).

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[edit] Treaty groups within the Kwakiutl District Council

The Quatsino First Nation, Tlatlasikwala Nation, Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation are members of the Winalagalis Treaty Group.

The K'ómoks (Comox) First Nation, Kwiakah First Nation, Wei Wai Kai (Cape Mudge First Nation) and Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River First Nation) are members of the Laich-Kwil-Tach K'omoks Council of Chiefs (Hamatla Treaty Society).

The Kwakiutl First Nation is not in the treaty process at present.

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