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Transformer (spirit-being)

Index Transformer (spirit-being)

The Transformer was a pre-eminent spirit-being in many traditions of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and among some Interior peoples in the same part of the continent. [1]

12 relations: 'Namgis, Coast Salish languages, Coyote (mythology), Halkomelem, Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Kwak'wala, Lummi dialect, Nimpkish River, North America, Squamish language, Whulk, Xá:ytem.

'Namgis

The 'Namgis are an Indigenous nation, a part of the Kwakwaka'wakw, in central British Columbia, on northern Vancouver Island.

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Coast Salish languages

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

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Coyote (mythology)

Coyote is a mythological character common to many cultures of the indigenous peoples of North America, based on the coyote (Canis latrans) animal.

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Halkomelem

Halkomelem (Halq̓eméylem in the Upriver dialect, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ in the Island dialect, and hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ in the Downriver dialect) is a language of various First Nations peoples in British Columbia, ranging from southeastern Vancouver Island from the west shore of Saanich Inlet northward beyond Gabriola Island and Nanaimo to Nanoose Bay and including the Lower Mainland from the Fraser River Delta upriver to Harrison Lake and the lower boundary of the Fraser Canyon.

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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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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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Lummi dialect

Lummi (Xwlemi Chosen) is a dialect of the North Straits Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of northwest Washington, in the United States.

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Nimpkish River

The Nimpkish River is a river in northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Squamish language

Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, sníchim meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in Squamish, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver.

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Whulk

Whulk or xwalkw, meaning "(logs) place crossewise", was a Kwakwaka'wakw village at the mouth of the Nimpkish River on northern Vancouver Island, which was a place of origin for some of the groups comprising today's 'Namgis group of Kwakwaka'wakw, who now reside mostly at Yalis on Cormorant Island (i.e. Alert Bay Indian Reserve No. 1).

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Xá:ytem

X̲áːytem is an indigenous archaeological site and the name of a related museum run under the auspices of the Stoːlo people at Hatzic, British Columbia, Canada.

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Redirects here:

Transformer (spirit being), Xa:Is, Xa:ls, XaːIs, Xe'las, Xelas, Xáays.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_(spirit-being)

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