Mamalilaculla

Mamalilaculla (50˚37'10" 126˚34'30" W end of Village I, E end of Queen Charlotte Str). The Mamaleleqala-QweqwaSot’Enox people are a branch of the Kwakwaka’ wakw First Nation and traditionally had their main winter community on Village I. BC historians Helen and Philip Akrigg give “seems to be swimming” as one possible translation of the tribal name, which has had many different spellings over the years. The village itself is called Memqumlis (Memkumlis, ‘Mimkwamlis), which means...

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