Nakwaxdaʼxw
/nəˈkwɑːk.sə.dəʔxʷ/noun
A Kwakwakaʼwakw Indigenous people and First Nation of coastal British Columbia, Canada.
Did you know?Nakwaxdaʼxw is part of the Gwaʼsala-Nakwaxdaʼxw Nations, whose traditional territory lies among the fjords and islands of the central British Columbia coast.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-contact
Nakwaxdaʼxw
Nakwaxdaʼxw
“An Indigenous ethnonym and community name; its internal word-by-word meaning is not securely documented in general reference sources.”
18th–19th Century
English records
Nakwaxdaʼxw
“Recorded by colonial ethnographers and officials using varying spellings for the people and their language.”
20th Century
English
Nakwaxda'xw
“A standardized or semi-standardized Latin-script form used in anthropological, governmental, and community contexts.”
Late 20th Century
English
Gwaʼsala-Nakwaxdaʼxw
“A combined name used for the two related First Nations whose communities became associated at Tsulquate.”
Modern English
English
Nakwaxdaʼxw
“The name of an Indigenous people, language variety, and First Nation in British Columbia.”
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