Nalakglala
| Feature Type: | Former First Nation Village - A place formerly inhabited by First Nations' people, with no current population or that is usually uninhabited. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | Head of Hoeya Sound, N side Knight Inlet, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°42'29"N, 125°57'15"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Translation: "hind end up river". The name has also been written 'nalaxdlala. According to Boas, this location was a place of origin for the Walas Kwakiutl. It was claimed as an old village site utilized and resource harvesting area by the Mamalilikulla in 1914. Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |
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Published references to this site (including maps): Boas, Franz, "Geographical Names of the Kwakiutl Indians" Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology 20, New York, 1934 (map 17); and Galois, Robert, "Kwakwaka'wakw Settlements, 1775 - 1920: A geographical analysis and Gazeteer" UBC Press, Vancouver, 1994 (map Ma 21). Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |