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A- Canadian Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Acous. The principal village of the Chaicclesaht,
situate on Battle bay, Ououkinish inlet, w. coast of Vancouver id. Can. Ind.
Aff , 264, 1902.
Aggavacaamanc (arroyo of the gulls (?)). A rancheria,
probably Cochimi, connected with Purísima
(Cadegomo) mission, w. Lower California, in the 18th century. Doc. Hist.
Mex., 4th s., v, 189, 1857.
Ahadzooas. The principal village of the Oiaht, on Diana
id., w. coast of Vancouver id. Can. Ind. Aff., 263, 1902.
Ahahswinnis. The principal village of the Opitchesaht,
on the E. bank of Somass r., Vancouver id. Can. Ind. Aff., 263, 1902.
Ahulka (A-hul-qa}. A village of the Ntlakyapamuk, on
Fraser r., British Columbia, just below Siska; pop. 5 in 1897, the last time the
name appears.
Aiachagiuk. A Chnagmiut village on the right bank of
the Yukon, near the head of the delta.
Ainslie Creek. A band of Ntlakyapamuk on Fraser r.,
above Spuzzum, Brit. Col. Can. Ind. Aff., 79, 1878.
Aiodjus (εai′εodjus,
all fat [meat]). A Skittagetan town on the w. side of the mouth of Masset inlet,
Queen Charlotte ids. It was occupied by the Aokeawai before they moved to
Alaska. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281, 1905.
Aiyansh (eternal bloom. Dorsey). A mission
village on the lower course of Nass r., British Columbia, founded in 1871, its
inhabitants being drawn from Niska villages. Pop. 133 in 1901.
Akiskenukinik (people of the two lakes). A tribe of the
Upper Kutenai living on the Columbia lakes, having their chief settlement at
Windermere, Brit, Col. They numbered 72 in 1902.
Alkali Lake. A Shuswap village or band near Fraser r.
and opposite the mouth of Chilcotin r. , Brit. Col. ; pop. 158 in 1902.
Allagasomeda. A Chimmesyan village on upper Skeena r.,
British Columbia. Downie in Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc., xxxi, 253, 1861.
Allh. A body of
Salish E. of Chemanis lake, Vancouver id. Brit. Col. map, Ind. Aff.,
Victoria, 1872.
Andiata. A former Huron village in Ontario. Jes. Rel.
of 1636, in, 1858.
Anektettim (AnExté′tۥtím,
'stony little hollow'). A village of the Lytton band of Ntlakyapamuk, situate on
the E. side of Eraser r., 3 in. above Lytton, British Columbia. Teit in Mem.
Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, n, 172, 1900.
Angmalortuk (the round one). A Netchilirmiut winter
village on the w. coast of Boothia bay, Canada.
Angoutenc. A former
Huron
village situated between Wenrio and Ossossane, about 2 m. from the latter place,
in Ontario.
Annapolis. One of the 7 districts of the territory of
the Micmac, as recognized by themselves. It includes the s. w. part of Nova
Scotia. Rand, First Micmac Reading Book, 81, 1875.
Anonatea. A Huron village situated a league from
Ihonatiria, in Ontario in 1637.
Jesuit Relation
for 1637, 143, 1858.
Antigonishe. Mentioned as an Indian settlement on a
river of the same name which rises in a lake near the coast of the Strait of
Canso, in " the province and colony of New Scotland." It was probably on or near
the site of the present Antigonishe, in Antigonishe co., Nova Scotia, and
perhaps belonged to the Micmac.
Aokeawai (εAo-qē′awa-i,
those born in the inlet). A division of the Raven clan of the Skittagetan family
which received its name from Masset inlet, Queen Charlotte ids., British
Columbia, where these people formerly lived. Part of them, at least, were
settled for a time at Dadens, whence all finally went to Alaska. There were two
subdivisions: Hlingwainaashadai and Taolnaashadai. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 272,
1905.
Aostlanlnagai (εAo
sL′an lnagā′i,
'Masset inlet rear-town people'). A local subdivision of the Raven clan of the
Skittagetan family. Masset inlet gave them the separate name. Swanton, Cont.
Haida, 271, 1905.
Aoyakulnagai (εAo
yā′ku lnagā′i,
'middle town people of Masset inlet'). A branch of the Yakulanas division of the
Raven clan of the Skittagetan family, which received the name from Masset inlet,
where its town stood. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 271, 1905.
Appeelatat. A Montagnais village on the s. coast of
Labrador. Stearns, Labrador, 271, 1884.
Araste. An Iroquoian village in 1535 on or near St
Lawrence r. , below the site of Quebec. Cartier (1545), Bret Récit,
32, 1863.
Arendaonatia. A Huron village in Ontario about 1640.
Jesuit Relation
for 1637, 159, 1858.
Arontaen (it is a lying log. Hewitt). A Huron village
situated near Pt. Cock-burn, on the N. shore of Nattawasaga bay, Ontario, in
1636. Jesuit
Relation for 1636, 133, 1858.
Aseik (Asē′ix}. One
of the three
Bellacoola towns of the Talio division at the head of South Bentinck arm,
British Columbia. Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist,, n, 49, 1898.
Asenane (AsE′nanē).
A former Bellacoola town on Bellacoola r., British Columbia. Boas in 7th Rep.
N. W. Tribes, 3, 1891.
Asilao. A Helatl town on lower Eraser r., above Yale,
British Columbia.
Atana (Atā′na). A
Haida town on House, or Atana, id., E. coast of Moresby id., Queen Charlotte
group, British Columbia. According to Skidegate legend, House id. was the second
to appear above the waters of the flood. At that time there was sitting upon it
a woman who became the ancestress of the Tadjilanas. The Kagialskegawai also
considered her as their "grandmother," although saying that they were not
descended directly from her but from some people who drifted ashore at the same
place in a cockleshell. The town was occupied by the Tadjilanas. As the name
does not occur in John Work's list, it would seem to have been abandoned prior
to 1836-41. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 277, 1905.
Atanus (εeatā′nAS,
'bilge-water'). A Skittagetan town, occupied by the Dogitunai, on the N. E.
coast of Hippa id., British Columbia Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281, 1905.
Atchitchiken A village of the Spences Bridge band
of the Ntlakyapamuk on the N. side of Thompson r., 3 m. back in the mountains
from Spences Bridge, British Columbia. Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., II,
173, 1900.
Atlalko. A Hahuamis village at the head of Wakeman sd.,
British Columbia.
Atlklaktl (AlqlaۥXL).
A Bellacoola village where the present mission is situated, on the x. side of
Bellacoola r., near its mouth, British Columbia. It was one of the 8 villages
called Nuhalk. Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., n, 48, 1898.
Atlkum (Ā-tl-kuma).
A Tlauitsis village on the x. side of Cracroft id., Brit. Col. Dawson in Can.
Geol. Surv., map, 1887.
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