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Nuxalk
The Nuxalk people (Nuxalk language, Nuxalk: ''Nuxalkmc''; pronounced )'','' also referred to as the Bella Coola, Bellacoola or Bilchula, are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Indigenous First Nations in Canada, First Nation of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Pacific Northwest Coast, centred in the area in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia within their wider traditional territory: Kulhulmcilh. Their language is also called Nuxalk language, Nuxalk. Their on-reserve tribal government is the Nuxalk Nation. Name and tribes/groups The name "Bella Coola", often used in academic writing, is not preferred by the Nuxalk; it is a derivation of the neighbouring Wakashan-speaking coastal Heiltsuk people's name for the Nuxalk as ''bəlxwəlá'' or ''bḷ́xʷlá'', meaning "stranger" (rendered plxwla in Nuxalk orthography). Within the Nuxalk language, "Nuxalkmc" is the term for the people, and "ItNuxalkmc" is the term for the language, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulhulmcilh
Kulhulmcilh (Nuxalk language, ItNuxalkmc: "our land"; pronounced: ), also known as Nuxalkulmc ("Nuxalk Country"; ) and Nuxalk Territory, is the ancestral, List of traditional territories of the Indigenous peoples of North America, traditional, and Aboriginal title, unceded territory (or country#Definition of a country, country) of the Nuxalk, Nuxalk Nation. It is located on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada, centred in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia, Bella Coola (Q'umk'uts). Nuxalk Territory neighbours the territories of the Heiltsuk and Haisla people, Haisla to the north, the Wuikinuxv to the south, and to Dakelh, Dakelh Keyoh and Tsilhqot'in, Tŝilhqot'in Nen in the British Columbia Interior, interior. Without a treaty between the Canadian State and the Nuxalk Nation, much of Kulhulmcilh's land base is Territorial dispute, disputed between the two governments. Since 1869 and the application of the Indian Act, the nation has been governed by an imposed band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
