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Tlowitsis

Tlowitsis noun: a First Nation of Vancouver Island, based around Nenagwas, south of Campbell River, traditionally based around Turnour Island, British Columbia, part of the Kwakwaka'wakw.

Noun

Tlowitsis sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) A First Nation of Vancouver Island, based around Nenagwas, south of Campbell River, traditionally based around Turnour Island, British Columbia, part of the Kwakwaka'wakw.
    • Since the school closed in Kalagwee on Turnour Island in the 1960s and members left the settlement, the Tlowitsis have been scattered around B.C. with no one place to call home.2018 September 17, Megan Thomas, “'A place to come home to': Tlowitsis Nation establishes new community near Campbell River”, in CBC News
    • Chief John Smith and his brother, Thomas, a councillor, hope to finally begin work on a new village for the Tlowitsis after a decades-long search and the 2018 purchase of land south of Campbell River from a logging company.2021 March 23, Rochelle Baker, “A nation dispersed: The Tlowitsis lay foundations to rebuild community”, in Canada's National Observer

Forms of Tlowitsis

alternative formŁawit̓sis

Origin of Tlowitsis

From Kwak'wala Ławit̓sis.

Questions about Tlowitsis

What does Tlowitsis mean?
Tlowitsis means a First Nation of Vancouver Island, based around Nenagwas, south of Campbell River, traditionally based around Turnour Island, British Columbia, part of the Kwakwaka'wakw.
What part of speech is Tlowitsis?
Tlowitsis is a noun.

Words near Tlowitsis in the dictionary

  1. TLOC
  2. TLOCs
  3. TLoK
  4. TLOs
  5. TLOU
  6. Tlowitsis
  7. TLOZ
  8. TLP
  9. TLPA
  10. TLPs
  11. TLR

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