{{Infobox First Nation | people = Kwakwaka'wakw | image = | band_number = 628 | province = Vancouver Island, Discovery Islands, mainland British Columbia | main_reserve = | area = | on_reserve = 7 | off_reserve = 14 | chief = | tribal_council = Kwakiutl District Council }} The '''Kwiakah First Nation''', also known as the '''Kwiakah Band''' or '''Kwiakah Nation''', is the band government of the Kwiakah (''Kwexa'') people, a subgroup of the Laich-kwil-tach (Euclataws or Southern Kwakiutl) group of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. Their mailing address is in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, where most their 19 band members live, although their traditional territory is in the Discovery Islands to the north of that city and their two Indian Reserves are located on the mainland coast adjacent to that archipelago. The band is making an effort to "go back to the land" and re-occupy their traditional sites.<ref name= kwiakah>{{Cite web| title = Kwiakah First Nation | url = http://www.kwiakah.com | accessdate =August 14, 2009}}</ref>

==Language== The traditional language of the Kwiakah people is Lekwala, the southern dialect of Kwak'wala, a Northern Wakashan language.<ref name=kwiakah/>

==Indian Reserves== Indian Reserves under the administration of the Kwiakah Band are:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNReserves.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=628&lang=eng |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |title=Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Reserves/Settlements/Villages Detail, Kwiakah First Nation }}</ref> *Matsayno Indian Reserve No. 5, 48 ha., on the east shore of Phillips Arm, which is to the north of East Thurlow Island. *Saaiyouck Indian Reserve No. 6, 20.8 ha. on the mainland coast to the northwest of Stuart Island, two miles west of the Arran Rapids.

==Tribal council membership== They are a member government of the Kwakiutl District Council.<ref name="Kwakiutl.DC">{{cite web|date = 2009|url = https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/TCMain.aspx?TC_NUMBER=1006&lang=eng|website = Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher = Government of Canada|title = Kwakiutl District Council}}</ref>

==BC Treaty Process== In the British Columbia Treaty Process They are part of the Hamatla Treaty Society.<ref name="gov.bc.ca.hamatla">{{cite web |date= 2009 |url = http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/hamatla_treaty/default.html|title = Hamatla Treaty Society|publisher = Executive Council of British Columbia| accessdate =July 26, 2009}}</ref> There are in Stage 4 of the BC Treaty Process.<ref name="gov.bc.ca.hamatla"/>

With the Cape Mudge First Nation and the Campbell River First Nation, they also form the Laich-kwil-tach Council of Chiefs or Laich-kwil-tach Treaty Society.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Laich-kwil-tach Treaty Society | url = http://www.lkts.ca/ | accessdate =August 14, 2009}}</ref>

== See also ==

* Pałəmin/Estero Basin Conservancy

* Phillips Estuary/ʔNacinuxʷ Conservancy

==External links== *[http://kwiakah.com/ Kwiakah First Nation ]

==References== {{reflist}}

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Category:South Coast of British Columbia Category:Kwakwaka'wakw governments