The Da’naxda’xw First Nation is an amalgamation of the Da’naxda’xw and Awaetlala tribes of Knight Inlet. The main village of the Da’naxda’xw – Tsatsisnukwomi is situated at Dead Point on Harbledown Island. The village is in Indian Channel and approximately 25 Kilometers East of Alert Bay on the West coast of British Columbia.
The Da’naxda’xw First Nation is an amalgamation of the Da’naxda’xw and Awaetlala tribes of Knight Inlet. The main village of the Da’naxda’xw – Tsatsisnukwomi is situated at Dead Point on Harbledown Island. The village is in Indian Channel and approximately 25 Kilometers East of Alert Bay on the West coast of British Columbia.
This village was designated as a reserve and then abandoned around the late 1960’s as the children were taken away to residential schools or boarding homes for further education.
The traditional territory of the Da’naxda’xw and Awaetlala people are all of the lands adjacent to Knight Inlet from mountain top to mountain top, all the watersheds that empty into Knight Inlet to their head waters and the Klinaklini River to it’s source.
The Southern boundary of the territory is across the Inlet just west of Glendale Cove
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