ʼNamgis

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File:CAN BC 'Namgis Nation locator.svg
Location of the 'Namgis nation in British Columbia
File:Alert Bay Totems.jpg
Totem poles in front of homes in Alert Bay in the 1900s

The 'Namgis (styled ʼNa̱mǥis) are an Indigenous nation, a part of the Kwakwaka'wakw, in central British Columbia, on northern Vancouver Island. Their main village is now Yalis, on Cormorant Island adjacent to Alert Bay.[1] The Indian Act First Nations government of this nation is the Namgis First Nation. They were formerly known as the Nimpkish.[2]

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