Definitions
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- noun a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl
- noun a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island
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Examples
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In 1914, Curtis set out to create a film focusing on the culture and customs of the Kwakiutl tribe in British Columbia.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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But Curtis did not attempt to create a filmed record of Kwakiutl life.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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All that carries over formally from colorful, highly articulated Haida and Tlingit and Kwakiutl totems, however, is a general sense of animistic presence; running their surface articulations and protrusions together into elongated episodes, Alpert clearly thinks of his Totems as single organisms, not compendia.
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All that carries over formally from colorful, highly articulated Haida and Tlingit and Kwakiutl totems, however, is a general sense of animistic presence; running their surface articulations and protrusions together into elongated episodes, Alpert clearly thinks of his Totems as single organisms, not compendia.
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Kwakiutl Tales are important stories because Boaz had an actor's empathetic gifts.
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A signed 1910 edition of Franz Boaz 'Kwakiutl Tales going for a song.
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For your lesson in anthropology, Jason Godesky talks about forced sustainability and The Kwakiutl.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: January 2006 Archives 2006
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For your lesson in anthropology, Jason Godesky talks about forced sustainability and The Kwakiutl.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Monday Morning Bloghopping. 2006
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Next month Vancouver-based Polaris Mineral Corp., in partnership with the 'Namgis and Kwakiutl First Nations, will begin mining sand and gravel deposits from the Orca Quarry on Vancouver Island.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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The Kwakiutl tribe, for example, might someday need help from the Tlingit; the Tlingit may get into a dust-up with the Haida they need to smooth over; the Haida could someday need a Kwakiutl ally in a face-off with a non-native enemy.
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