Kwiakah

Preferred Name:
Kwiakah
Alternative Name:
Includes Queackar Tribe Of The Douglas Treaty (1851); Variation Kwe-Ahkah; Fort Rupert
Language:
Kwak̓wala
BC Regional Office:
West Coast (Nanaimo)
Region:
Vancouver Island & Coast
Reserve Land Area:68.80 ha
Chief:
Chief Steven Dick
Council:
Andrean Dick
Governance Structure:
Custom Electoral System
Address: P.O. Box 437, Station A
Campbell River
V9W 5B6
Community Description

The Kwiakah First Nation, also known as the Kwiakah Band or Kwiakah Nation, is the band government of the Kwiakah people, a subgroup of the Laich-kwil-tach (Euclataws or Southern Kwakiutl) group of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. Their mailing address is in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, where most their 19 band members live, although their traditional territory is in the Discovery Islands to the north of that city and their two Indian Reserves are located on the mainland coast adjacent to that archipelago. The band is making an effort to "go back to the land" and re-occupy their traditional sites.