Kwakiutl
ETHNONYMS: Kwagulth, Kwakiool, Kwawkewlth, Kwawkwakawakw, Southern Kwakiutl
Kinship
Kin Groups and Descent. Each local group comprised several loosely structured, exogamous, nonunilineal descent groups ( numayms). Affiliation with these was nominally ambilineal with pronounced patrilineal bias. Numayms disappeared several generations ago.
Kinship Terminology. Cousin terminology was of Hawaiian type; aunt terms, lineal.
DONALD MITCHELL