Identity area
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Xwémalhkwu Nation
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Homalco First Nation
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The Xwémalhkwu are an Indigenous People in Canada living on the west coast of British Columbia. The Xwémalhkwu territory includes all of Bute Inlet and Homathco Ice Fields, Campbell River on Vancouver Island, Comox, Sayward, including the Discovery Islands and the Discovery Passage. It extends from Dent Island, slightly west of the mouth of Bute Inlet, to the vicinity of Raza Passage and Toba Inlet.
The Xwémalhkwu ancestral language is ayʔaǰuθɛm, from the Salishan language family.
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Created by NM in 2021.
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Lands & Resources - Homalco First Nation
Culture & Language - Homalco First Nation