Qualla: Tlowitsis Nation https://qualla.com/tlowitsis-nation en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Tlowitsis Nation https://qualla.com/tlowitsis-nation Tlowitsis Nation: Introduction https://qualla.com/tlowitsis-nation/ In 1945, a Canadian Indian Agent decided that managing two small First Nations separately was too much trouble. With a bureaucrat's stroke, the Klowitsis Tribe and the Matilpi Tribe were amalgamated into the Turnour Island Tribe. The Matilpi agreed to the merger on one condition: their two chiefs would govern "with equal powers and responsibilities." That promise would echo through decades of contested identity, name changes, and unresolved claims. Today the Tlowitsis Nation -- the Lawit'sis people of the Kwakwaka'wakw -- continues to navigate the consequences of a decision made eighty years ago by someone who was not a member of either nation.

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/y/g/tlowitsis-nation-wp/c0yg-tlowitsis-nation-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tlowitsis Nation: Keepers of the Strait https://qualla.com/tlowitsis-nation/ Tlowitsis territory encompasses a vast and intricate seascape: the channels, islands, and inlets where Johnstone Strait meets Queen Charlotte Strait among the Discovery Islands, the waterways threading between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. Their principal co...

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/y/g/tlowitsis-nation-wp/c0yg-tlowitsis-nation-keepers-of-the-strait.mp3 0:06 2 full Tlowitsis Nation: Two Nations Made One https://qualla.com/tlowitsis-nation/ The Canadian government first recognized the Klowitsis and Matilpi as separate entities in 1879, each with their own reserves and chiefs. The 1945 amalgamation collapsed that distinction. In 1983, the combined group was renamed the Tlowitsis-Mumtagila First Nation to better refle...

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/y/g/tlowitsis-nation-wp/c0yg-tlowitsis-nation-two-nations-made-one.mp3 0:06 3 full Tlowitsis Nation: The Protectors' Legacy https://qualla.com/tlowitsis-nation/ The Ma'amtagila's self-described role as protectors carried geographic logic. Their villages sat at central points within the overall Kwakwaka'wakw territory, positioned to defend both northern and southern nations. This was not ceremonial -- the waterways of Johnstone Strait and...

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/y/g/tlowitsis-nation-wp/c0yg-tlowitsis-nation-the-protectors-legacy.mp3 0:06 4 full Tlowitsis Nation: Looking Forward Through Treaty https://qualla.com/tlowitsis-nation/ The Tlowitsis Nation has reached Stage 5 in the BC Treaty Process -- the final agreement stage, among the furthest any First Nation has advanced in British Columbia's modern treaty negotiations. With approximately 445 band members, the nation is small in numbers but persistent in...

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