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{{Short description|Village of Kwakwaka'wakw people}} |
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'''Gwayasdums''' is a [[village]] of the [[Kwakwaka'wakw]] peoples on the west side of [[Gilford Island]] in the [[Johnstone Strait]] region of the [[British Columbia Coast|Central Coast of British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54853.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums (Former First Nation Village)"]</ref> The village, located on [[Retreat Pass]], is on '''Gwayasdums Indian Reserve No. 1'''.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/65365.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums 1 (Indian reserve)"]</ref> Other spellings of the name are '''Kwaustums''' and '''gwa'yasdams'''<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54853.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums (Former First Nation Village)"]</ref> and '''Gwa'yasdams''' and '''Gwa’yasdams'''. |
'''Gwayasdums''' is a [[village]] of the [[Kwakwaka'wakw]] peoples on the west side of [[Gilford Island]] in the [[Johnstone Strait]] region of the [[British Columbia Coast|Central Coast of British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54853.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums (Former First Nation Village)"]</ref> The village, located on [[Retreat Pass]], is on '''Gwayasdums Indian Reserve No. 1'''.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/65365.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums 1 (Indian reserve)"]</ref> Other spellings of the name are '''Kwaustums''' and '''gwa'yasdams'''<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54853.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums (Former First Nation Village)"]</ref> and '''Gwa'yasdams''' and '''Gwa’yasdams'''. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Gwayasdums, which today has about 70 residents, is the ancestral home of the [[Kwikwasut’inuxw]], though it has been used by many other Kwakwaka'wakw groups over time. The village was destroyed by the [[Nuxalk]] in 1856, possibly in relation to a famine at [[Bella Coola, British Columbia|Bella Coola]] resulting from the closing of [[Fort McLoughlin]]. The survivors joined the [[Mamalilikulla]] at [[Memkumlis]] on [[Village Island]]. The Gwawa’enuxw, the Haxwa’mis, and the Dzawada’enuxw began to use Gwayasdums as a joint winter village Between 1865 and 1879. In the 1890s the Kwikwasut'inuxw began to return though joint occupation and use continued into the 20th Century.<ref> |
Gwayasdums, which today has about 70 residents, is the ancestral home of the [[Kwikwasut’inuxw]], though it has been used by many other Kwakwaka'wakw groups over time. The village was destroyed by the [[Nuxalk]] in 1856, possibly in relation to a famine at [[Bella Coola, British Columbia|Bella Coola]] resulting from the closing of [[Fort McLoughlin]]. The survivors joined the [[Mamalilikulla]] at [[Memkumlis]] on [[Village Island]]. The Gwawa’enuxw, the Haxwa’mis, and the Dzawada’enuxw began to use Gwayasdums as a joint winter village Between 1865 and 1879. In the 1890s the Kwikwasut'inuxw began to return though joint occupation and use continued into the 20th Century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfu.ca/brc/virtual_village/Kwakwaka_wakw/gwayasdums--gilford-island-.html |title=Simon Fraser University Virtual Village project, Gwayasdums page |access-date=August 29, 2017 |archive-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216204117/http://www.sfu.ca/brc/virtual_village/Kwakwaka_wakw/gwayasdums--gilford-island-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 1 July 2024
Gwayasdums is a village of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples on the west side of Gilford Island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.[1] The village, located on Retreat Pass, is on Gwayasdums Indian Reserve No. 1.[2] Other spellings of the name are Kwaustums and gwa'yasdams[3] and Gwa'yasdams and Gwa’yasdams.
The locality has also been known as Health Bay,[4] also the name for an adjoining body of water at 50°41′01″N 126°34′51″W / 50.68361°N 126.58083°W[5] which is a side bay. Health Lagoon is nearby Gwayasdums just to the south[6] at 50°41′43″N 126°34′02″W / 50.69528°N 126.56722°W.
History
[edit]Gwayasdums, which today has about 70 residents, is the ancestral home of the Kwikwasut’inuxw, though it has been used by many other Kwakwaka'wakw groups over time. The village was destroyed by the Nuxalk in 1856, possibly in relation to a famine at Bella Coola resulting from the closing of Fort McLoughlin. The survivors joined the Mamalilikulla at Memkumlis on Village Island. The Gwawa’enuxw, the Haxwa’mis, and the Dzawada’enuxw began to use Gwayasdums as a joint winter village Between 1865 and 1879. In the 1890s the Kwikwasut'inuxw began to return though joint occupation and use continued into the 20th Century.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums (Former First Nation Village)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums 1 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gwayasdums (Former First Nation Village)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Health Bay (locality)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Health Bay (bay)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Health Lagoon"
- ^ "Simon Fraser University Virtual Village project, Gwayasdums page". Archived from the original on December 16, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Hith Alis Lax Gwa-yas-dums: Moving for Crisis to Hope at Gwa-yas-dums Village, report prepared for the KHFN by Bob Chamberlin, William Trousdale, and Jeff Cook, Plan Canada, Summer 2008
- Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation website