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The Penelakut are a small (about 300 individuals) Hul'qumi'num-speaking First Nation. They live primarily at the south end of Vancouver Island[1] and Kuper Island, Tent Island and Galiano Island.
The name Penelakut comes from penálaxeth', the village on the northeast end of Kuper Island, once the largest Hul'qumi'num-speaking village in the Gulf Islands. Penálaxeth' means "log buried on the beach" which may refer to the many longhouses that were once on the beach near there.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Penelakut Indians". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Penelakut - Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group
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