Nuxalk

This article is about the ethnic group. For their language, see Nuxalk language.
Nuxalk
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Nuxálk people gathered around an eulachon stink box near the Bella Coola River.
Regions with significant populations
Bella Coola, British Columbia
Languages
English, Nuxalk
Religion
American Indian panentheism, Christianity, other
Related ethnic groups
other Coast Salish peoples
Nuxalk
PersonNuxalkmc
PeopleNuxalkmc
LanguageItNuxalkmc
CountryKulhulmcilh
(Nuxalkulmc)

The Nuxalk people (Nuxalk: Nuxalkmc; pronounced [nuχalkmx]), also referred to as the Bella Coola, Bellacoola or Bilchula, are an Indigenous First Nation of the Pacific Northwest Coast, centred in the area in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia within their wider traditional territory: Kulhulmcilh. They speak the Nuxalk language (Nuxalk: ItNuxalkmc). Their on-reserve tribal government is the Nuxalk Nation.

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