Komenox

Noun

Komenox sg or pl

1. (historical, plural, singular) Tribal group of the Lekwiltok, assimilated with the Wei Wai Kum in the 19th century.
   • Very little is known about the Komenox. Even the early relationship of the Komenox to the other Lekwiltok tribes is uncertain, although they were probably, as the name suggests, of Comox origin. James Smith stated that the Komenox were “a nation with ways of its own, which once lived between the...1994, Robert Galois, Kwakwa̲ka̲'wakw settlements, 1775-1920 : a geographical analysis and gazetteer, Vancouver; Seattle: UBC Press; University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 244
   • One particularly aggressive attack wiped out the Komenox as a distinct group. The late James Smith of Campbell River, who claimed Komenox ancestry, recounted one of their important legends.2008, Jeanette Taylor, Tidal passages : a history of the Discovery Islands, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, page 240

   Synonyms:

   Homayno