Kwakiutl

Noun

Meaning

a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl

a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island

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As in his work on Alaskan needlecases, he now saw variation among Kwakiutl practices as the result of the play between social norms and individual creativity. Source: Internet

Anthropology and Modern Life (2004 ed.) ISBN 0-7658-0535-9 *Boas, Franz, edited by Helen Codere (1966), Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago, Chicago University Press. Source: Internet

At first, Boas—like Morgan before him—suggested that the Kwakiutl had been matrilineal like their neighbors to the north, but that they were beginning to evolve patrilineal groups. Source: Internet

In 1897, however, he repudiated himself, and argued that the Kwakiutl were changing from a prior patrilineal organization to a matrilineal one, as they learned about matrilineal principles from their northern neighbors. Source: Internet

Handbook of Native American mythology, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 1-85109-533-0 In Kwakiutl mythology, black and brown bears became enemies when Grizzly Bear Woman killed Black Bear Woman for being lazy. Source: Internet

Darnell 1990:50 At this point the only Canadian first nation languages that were well known were Kwakiutl, described by Boas, Tshimshian and Haida. Source: Internet

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