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Kamla (Kwakwaka'wakw village)

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Coordinates: 50°44′24″N 126°09′48″W / 50.74000°N 126.16333°W / 50.74000; -126.16333 (kamla)
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Kamla, meaning "to cut on rock" in Kwak'wala, is a village of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, located on the southeast side of Gilford Island on Tribune Channel. The village site is on Kumlah Island,[1] and was a camp of the Dlidligit and Kwicksutaineuk. It is under the administration of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation, as Kyimla Indian Reserve No. 11.[2][3]

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  1. ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumlah Island"[
  2. ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "kamla"
  3. ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kyimla 11 (Indian reserve)"

50°44′24″N 126°09′48″W / 50.74000°N 126.16333°W / 50.74000; -126.16333 (kamla)


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