Klaoitsis Island, also perhaps Adlagamalla in Kwak'wala, is an

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in the

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region of the Central Coast region of

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, Canada. It is located to the south of Turnour Island in Clio Channel. The name is an alternate spelling of Ławit'sis or Tlowitsis, the name of the Kwakwaka'wakw group whose territory it is in. Aglakumna-la Indian Reserve No. 2, a.k.a. Aglakumna-la 2, is an

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of the

Tlowitsis Nation The Tlowitsis Nation, formerly the Klowitsis Tribe, the Turnour Island Band and the Tlowitsis-Mumtagila First Nation, is the Indian Act band government of the Ławit'sis (Tlowitsis) tribe of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, located in the Queen Charlott ...

located on the island, which is also known as Aglakumnala Island.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Aglakumnala Island"
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