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˜Kwakiutl Indian Culture and History

As a complement to our Kwakiutl language information, here is our collection of indexed links about the Kwakiutl tribe and their society. Please note that Kwakiutls and other American Indians are living people with a present and a future as well as a past. Kwakiutl history is interesting and important, but the Kwakiutl Indians are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday. Please contact us if you have a Kwakiutl link to add.

Kwakiutl Lifestyle and Tradition

Totems
     History, culture, interviews and photographs of the Kwakwaka'wakw people.
Kwakiutl Indians
     Article from the Encyclopedia of North American Indians on the Kwakiutl tribe's culture and history.
The Kwakiutl Tribe:
     Curtis' early 20th-century ethnography of the Kwakiutl Indians.
Kwakiutl Indians
     Article on Kwakiutl history and culture.
Kwakiutl Legends:
    Collection of Kwakiutl Indian legends and folktales.
K'odi Nelson:
     Songs performed by a young Kwakwaka'wakw musician.
Northwest Coast Clothing * Kwakiutl Basket Hat * Indian Clothes: * Indian Hair:
    Pictures of traditional Kwakiutl and other Northwest Coast Indian clothing and hairstyles.

Books for sale on the Kwakiutls

Kwakiutl: Indians of British Columbia
     Case study depicting life in the contemporary Kwakiutl tribe.
Smoke from Their Fires: The Life of a Kwakiutl Chief
     Biography of an early 20th-century Kwakwakawakw chief.
Guests Never Leave Hungry
     Autobiography by Kwakiutl Indian author James Sewid
First Nations Books:
    Evolving list of books about Kwakiutls and American Indians in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Kwakiutl People * Kwakwaka'wakw * Kwakiutl * Laich-kwil-tach:
Encyclopedia articles on the Kwakiutl tribes.
Los Kwakiutl
Information about the Kwakiutl tribe in Spanish.
Kwak'wala * Kwakiutl Tribe:
    Kwakiutl links.



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