Nakoaktok
/nəˈkoʊ.ək.tɒk/noun
A historical English spelling of Nakwaxdaʼxw, a Kwakwakaʼwakw Indigenous people and community of coastal British Columbia.
Did you know?Nakoaktok is an anglicized historical form; contemporary references generally use Nakwaxdaʼxw, reflecting the community’s own language and orthography.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-contact
Kwakwakaʼwakw
Nakwaxdaʼxw
“Indigenous name of the people and community; the precise internal meaning is not securely represented by the English spelling “Nakoaktok”.”
19th Century
English
Nakoaktok
“An anglicized and variable spelling used in colonial, ethnographic, and geographic records.”
Late 19th–20th Century
English
Nakoaktok
“A name applied in English to the community and its people in the Blunden Harbour region of coastal British Columbia.”
Modern English
English
Nakwaxdaʼxw First Nation
“The contemporary official English designation commonly used by the community, alongside the traditional Kwakwakaʼwakw form.”
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