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