Kalugwis

Kalugwis, or Karlukwees[1] or Qalogwis,[2] is the principal community of the Tlowitsis Nation of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the Johnstone Strait region of the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south shore of Turnour Island facing Beware Passage[3] and is within Karlukwees Indian Reserve No. 1, a.k.a. Karlukwees 1, 10.8 ha.[4]

Name origin

The Ławit'sis moved to this location about 1850 from Klaoitsis, with IR No. 1 allocated in 1886. In 1914, there were 21 houses. Kalugwis is important in many Kwakwaka'wakw stories, including that concerning the origins of the Winter Ceremonies, and others concerning the origins of tides at the location.[5]

gollark: Ah, but it's *very complicated* curve fitting which can sometimes do interesting things.
gollark: Any particular improvement might not work, but I would be *very very surprised* if people several hundred years ago just happened to stumble on the optimal court system.
gollark: *An* issue is that sentencing can vary significantly based on judges' arbitrary opinions and how they are feeling. So maybe if you averaged over multiple judges once the facts of the case were determined it would help. Although there are a lot of ways for that to go wrong (messing with the framing of those and such).
gollark: Thank you for your somewhat misspelt tautology.
gollark: I doubt there's literally no way to fix it. Decoupling sentencing and judgement of guilt somehow, maybe.

See also

References
  1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Karlukwees (Former First Nation Village)"
  2. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Qalogwis (Former First Nation Village)"
  3. Tlowitsis Nation homepage
  4. "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail". Archived from the original on 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  5. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Karlukwees (Former First Nation Village)"


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