Penelakut

The Penelakut are a large (about 1000 individuals) Hul'qumi'num-speaking First Nation. They live primarily on Penelakut Island (formerly Kuper Island) near the south end of Vancouver Island,^[1] and Galiano Island. Their land stretches to Tent Island which is private and currently uninhabited.

The name Penelakut comes from penálaxeth', the village on the northeast end of Penelakut 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]

References

^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Penelakut Indians". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ "Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group - Six First Nations working as one - Penelakut". Hulquminum People. 2023-06-18. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

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