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DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES
Ahkwonistsists ('many lodge poles')- A
subtribe or gens of the Kainah.
Ah-kwo'-nis-tsists.—Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales,
209, 1892.
Ahmik ('beaver') . A
gens of the Chippewa.
Ah-meek.—Tanner, Narrative, 314, 1830. Ah-mik'.
—Morgan, Anc. Soc, 166, 1877. Amik.—Warren in
Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 45, 1885. Umi'k.—Jones,
inf n, 1905 (correct form).
Ahousaht. A Nootka tribe about Clayoquot
sd., w. coast of Vancouver id.; pop. 212
in 1911. Their principal village is Mahktosis.
(j. R. s.)
Ahhousaht.—Can. Ind. Aff., 188, 1883. Ahosett.—
Swan in Smithson. Cont., xvi, 56, 1870. Ahousaht.^
Sproat, Sav. Life, 308, 1868. Ahous6t.—Mayne, Brit.
Col., 251, 1862. Ahowartz.—Armstrong, Oreg., 136,
1857. Ahowsaht.—Powell in 7th Rep. B. A. E., 130,
1891. Ah-owz-arts.—Jewitt, Narr., 36, 1849. Arhosett.—Swan,
MS., B. A. E., Asonsaht.—Dept. Ind.
Aff., 7, 1872.
Ahulka (A-hul-qa). A village of the
Ntlakyapamuk, on Fraser r., British Columbia,
just below Siska; pop. 5 in 1897, the last time
the name appears.
Ahulqa.—Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 5, 1899.
Halaha.—Can. Ind. Aff. for 1885, 196 (probably the
same)
Ainslie Creek. A band of Ntlakyapamuk
on Fraser r., above Spuzzum, Brit. Col.—Can.
Ind. Aff., 79, 1878.
Aiodjus {^ai'-odjus, 'all fat [meat]'). A
Skittagetan town on the W. side of the mouth
of Masset inlet, Queen Charlotte isds. It was
occupied by the Aokeawai before they moved
to Alaska.—Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281, 1905.
Aisikstukiks ('biters'). A band of the
Siksika.
Al-sik'-stuk-iks.—Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales,
209, 1892.
Aivilik ('having walrus'). An Eskimo vil-
lage on Repulse bay, Franklin dist., the
principal winter settlement of the Aivilirmiut.—Boas
in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 449, 1888.
A'-wee-lik.—McClintock, Voy. of Fox, 163, 1881. Aywee-lik.—Lyons,
Priv. Journ., 161, 1825. Eiwili.—
Klutschak, Unter d. Eskimo, map, 48, 1881. IwlIIichs.
—Gilder, Schwatka's Search, 294, 1881. IwllUe.—
Ibid., 304. IwilHk.—Ibid., 181.
Aivilirmiut ('people of the walrus place').
A Central Eskimo tribe on the N. shores of
Hudson bay from Chesterfield inlet to Fox
channel, among whom Rae sojourned in 1846-
47, C. F. Hall in 1864-69, and Schwatka in
1877-79. They kill deer, muskoxen, seal,
walrus, trout, and salmon, caching a part of the
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meat and blubber, which before winter they
bring to one of their central settlements.
Their chief villages are Akudlit, Avilik, Iglulik,
Maluksilak, Nuvung, Pikuliak, Ugluriak, UkusiksaUk;
summer villages are Inugsuhk, Kariak
Naujan, Pitiktaujang.—Boas in 6th Rep. B.
A. E., 445, 1888.
AhaknanSlet.—Petitot in Bib. Ling, at Ethnol. Am.,
Ill, xi, 1876 (so called by the Chiglit of Liverpool bay:
sig. 'women'). A-hak-nan-helet.—Richardson, Arct.
Exped., I, 362, 1851. Ahaknanhelik.—Richardson,
Polar Regions, 300, 1861. Ahwhacknanhelett.—
Franklin, Journey to Polar Sea, ii, 42, 1824. AivilUrmiut.—Boas
in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 445, 1888. Eivillinmiut.—Boas
in Trans. Anthrop. Soc. Wash., in, 102,
1885. Elwillik.—Boas in Zeitsohr. Ges. f. Erdk., 226,
1883.
Aiyansh ('eternal bloom.'—Dorsey). A
mission village on the lower course of Nass r.,
British Columbia, founded in 1871, its inhabi-
tants being drawn from Niska villages. Pop.
133 in 1901.
Aiyansh.—Can. Ind. Aff., 271, 1889. Aiyaush.—Dor-
sey in Am. Antiq., xix, 281, 1897 (misprint).
Akamnik. A tribe of the Upper Kutenai
living around Ft. Steele and the mission of St.
Eugene on upper Kootenay r., Brit. Col.
Aqk'amnik.—Boas in 5th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 10,
1889. Aqk'a'mnik.—Chamberlain in 8th Rep. N. W.
Tribes, Can., 6, 1892.
Akanekunik ('Indians on a river'). A
tribe of the Upper Kutenai on Kootenay r. at
the Tobacco plains, Brit. Col.
Aqk'aneqtinik.—Boas in 5th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can.,
10, 1889. Aqk'anequ'nlk.—Chamberlain in 8th Rep.
N. W. Tribes Can., 6, 1892. Tobacco Plains Kootanle.—Tolmie
and Dawson, Comp. Vocabs., 124b, 1884.
Tobacco Plains Kootenay.—Chamberlain, op. cit.,
table opp. 41. Yaket-ahno-klatak-makanay.—Tolmie
and Dawson, op. cit. Ya'k'et aqkinuqtle'et
aqkts'ma'kinik.—Chamberlain, op. cit., 6 ('Indians of
the Tobacco plains,' from ya'k'et tobacco, aqkinuqtle'et
plain, aqkts'ma'kinik Indians).
Akiskenukinik ('people of the two lakes').
A tribe of the Upper Kutenai hving on the
Columbia lakes, having their chief settlement
at Windermere, Brit. Col. They numbered
72 in 1911.
Akisklnookaniks.—Wilson in Trans. Ethnol. Soc.
Lond., 304, 1866. AqkiskanukEnik.—Boas in 5th
Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 10, 1889. Aqki'sk'Enu'kinik.—Chamberlain
in 8th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 6,
1892. Columbia Lakes.—Ibid., 7.
Aktese. A village of the Kyuquot on Village
id., Kyuquot sd., W. coast of Vancouver
id.—Can. Ind. Aff., 264, 1902.
Akudnirmiut ('people of the intervening
Eskimo tribe of e. Baffin island,
country') . An