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