New Vancouver, British Columbia
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New Vancouver, also known as T˜sadzis' nukwame' or T'sadzis'nukwaame' in the Kwak'wala
language, is a First Nations community on Harbledown Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait
region of the Central Coast of British Columbia
, near Alert Bay, British Columbia
. New Vancouver is the main village of the Da'naxda'xw subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples.
Kwak'wala
Kwak'wala is the Indigenous language spoken by the Kwakwaka'wakw. It belongs to the Wakashan language family. There are about 250 Kwak'wala speakers today, which amounts to 5% of the Kwakwaka'wakw population...
language, is a First Nations community on Harbledown Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait
Queen Charlotte Strait
Queen Charlotte Strait is a strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It connects Queen Charlotte Sound with Johnstone Strait, Discovery Passage and then to the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound...
region of the Central Coast of British Columbia
British Columbia Coast
The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....
, near Alert Bay, British Columbia
Alert Bay, British Columbia
Alert Bay is a village on Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Canada. According to the 2006 census, 556 people live within the village.-Population:Slightly more than half of the village's 556 residents are First Nations people...
. New Vancouver is the main village of the Da'naxda'xw subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples.