Kwakwaka'wakw

English

Noun

Kwakwaka'wakw (plural Kwakwaka'wakws or Kwakwaka'wakw)

  1. A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
    • 2018, Nellie Bowles, The New York Times, 18 May:
      Before he leads me to his office to sit in on one of these appointments, Mr. Peterson shows me around the third floor of his home, which is filled with carvings made by Charles Joseph, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist.

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