Random picture from Kwakiutl territory
In this Section, learn something about our Creation, our History on this Land, what our Traditional Territory means to us, and how far it extends. Find out, too, some of the ways we used, and still use, the bounty of the land. Read about where we stand in Treaty negotiations.

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Creation. The Kwakiutl Chiefs were discussing the creation of their ancestors while waiting for the second course at a feast given by one of the chiefs at Tsaxis.  At first no one spoke for a while. Then Malid spoke, saying, “It is the Sun, our chief, who created our ancestors of all the tribes. And when the others asked him how this was possible, for the Sun never made even one man, the chief was silent. Others said, It is Mink, Tlisalagi’lakw, who made our first ancestors. Then spoke Great-Inviter, saying, “Listen Kwakiutl, and let me speak a true word... Read More