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'Namgis, a. and n.
Brit. |ˈnamgɪs|, U.S. |ˈnɑmˌgɪs|
Plural unchanged
Forms: 19– Namgis, 19– 'Namgis, 19– Nemgis[rare]
[‹ Kwakiutl nəmġis, self-designation (see Nimpkish n. and adj.). Compare earlier Nimpkish n. and adj.]
A. adj. = Nimpkish adj.
'Namgis is now the preferred term among the people themselves; their official designation is 'Namgis (First) Nation.
1966F. Boas Kwakiutl Ethnography ((map) facing p. 3) Nemgis. 1986R. B. Morrison & C. R. Wilson Native Peoples xv. 509 One namima of the 'Namgis tribe, which now resides at Alert Bay, was descended from a mythical halibut and a Thunderbird who occupied the mouth of the Nimpkish River. 1998Raven's Eye (Nexis) 30 Apr. 1 The man charged with burning down the Namgis First Nation's 30-year-old big house in Alert Bay was convicted in Campbell River's British Columbia Supreme Court. 2003Vancouver Province (Nexis) 26 July c4 Day 2 takes you to an ecological park in the village of Alert Bay and the burial grounds of the 'Namgis people.
B. n. = Nimpkish n.
1994Orange County (Santa Ana, Calif.) Reg. 24 May f4/3 As with the Vancouver show, Rogers and his company went to the Namgis of Alert Bay, one band of Kwak'wala-speaking people. 1995Vancouver Sun 2 Sept. e16/3 Says film-maker Cranmer, a 'Namgis and fisher herself: ‘I wanted the film to acknowledge what native people have contributed to the commercialization of fishing.’ 2003Times Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) (Nexis) 23 Feb. d12 Joint lobbying by the 'Namgis and the village resulted in the building of a new Cormorant Island Medical Centre. |