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The Kwakiutl tribe was the largest tribe of the Northwest Coast. This tribe lived in what is now known as British Columbia.
The Kwakiutl had a population of around 8,575 in 1835, and 4,100 in 1991. The tribe spoke the language of Kwakwala. This language is from the language family of the Northern Wakashan. The first recorded contact between this tribe and Europeans was in 1786 when British explorer James Strange sailed down the Queen Charlotte Strait and met the Kwakiutl in British Columbia and Vancouver Island. |