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K'omoks

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The K’omoks or K'ómoks, usually known in English as the Comox people, are an indigenous group of Coast Salishan-speaking people in Comox, British Columbia and in Toba Inlet and the Malaspina Peninsula areas of the British Columbia mainland across Georgia Strait. [1]

25 relations: Band government, British Columbia, Campbell River, British Columbia, Christianity, Coast Salish, Coast Salish languages, Comox language, Comox, British Columbia, Courtenay, British Columbia, English language, Homalco First Nation, Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, K'ómoks First Nation, Klahoose, Kwak'wala, Laich-kwil-tach, Malaspina Peninsula, Quadra Island, Qualicum First Nation, Salmon River (Vancouver Island), Strait of Georgia, Tla'amin Nation, Toba Inlet, Vancouver Island, We Wai Kai Nation.

Band government

In Canada, an Indian band or band, sometimes referred to as a First Nation band or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act (i.e. Status Indians or First Nations).

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Campbell River, British Columbia

Campbell River or Wiwek̓a̱m is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Coast Salish

The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon.

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Coast Salish languages

Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Salishan language family.

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Comox language

Comox is a Coast Salish language historically spoken in the northern Georgia Strait region, spanning the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northern Sunshine Coast and adjoining inlets and islands.

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Comox, British Columbia

Comox is a town of about 15,000 people on the southern coast of the Comox Peninsula in the Georgia Strait on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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Courtenay, British Columbia

Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Homalco First Nation

The Homalco First Nation is a First Nations government located in Bute Inlet near the upper Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast

The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast are composed of many nations and tribal affiliations, each with distinctive cultural and political identities, but they share certain beliefs, traditions and practices, such as the centrality of salmon as a resource and spiritual symbol.

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K'ómoks First Nation

The K'ómoks First Nation, also known as the Comox Indian Band, is the band government of the Island Comox or K'ómoks people of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Klahoose

The Klahoose are one of the three groups comprising the Tla'Amin or Mainland Comox.

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Kwak'wala

Kwak'wala, also written as Kwak̓wala, previously known as Kwakiutl, is the indigenous language spoken by the Kwakwaka'wakw (which means "those who speak Kwak'wala").

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Laich-kwil-tach

Laich-kwil-tach (also spelled Ligwilda'xw), is the Anglicization of the Kwak'wala autonomy by the "Southern Kwakiutl" people of Quadra Island and Campbell River in British Columbia, Canada.

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Malaspina Peninsula

The Malaspina Peninsula is a peninsula in the northern Gulf of Georgia-Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Quadra Island

Quadra Island is an island off the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, part of the Discovery Islands located within the Strathcona Regional District.

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Qualicum First Nation

The Qualicum First Nation is a First Nations band government located in Qualicum Bay at the mouth of the Big Qualicum River, near Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Salmon River (Vancouver Island)

The Salmon River is a river in the north of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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Strait of Georgia

The Strait of Georgia or the Georgia Strait is an arm of the Pacific Ocean between Vancouver Island, and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada and extreme northern Washington, United States.

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Tla'amin Nation

The Tla'amin First Nation, formerly Sliammon Indian Band or Sliammon First Nation, is a First Nations band government whose reserves and traditional territories are located on the upper Sunshine Coast in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.

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Toba Inlet

Toba Inlet is one of the lesser, but still principal, inlets of the British Columbia Coast.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Canada.

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We Wai Kai Nation

The We Wai Kai Nation, also known as the Wewaikai First Nation, the Cape Mudge First Nation and the Cape Mudge Indian Band, is the band government of the We Wai Kai subgroup of the Laich-kwil-tach (also Legwildok or Euclataws or Yucultas or "Southern Kwakiutl") group of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, based on Quadra Island offshore from Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, which is on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the northern end of the Strait of Georgia.

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Comox (people), Comox people, Comox people (temp), Comox people/temp, K'omox, K'ómoks people, K’omoks, Mainland Comox.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K'omoks

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