Gwayasdums village is a small community located on Gilford
Island. The village is the traditional home of the
Kwikwasut'inuxw people, though throughout the historic era a
number of groups have used the site as a winter village. Other
Kwakwaka'wakw groups that identify closely with Gilford Island
are the Gwawa'enuxw, the Haxwa'mis and the Dzawada'enuxw. These
three groups, along with the Kwikwasut'inuxw, formed an
informally related cluster of social groupings collectively
known as Qui'kwasi ki la or "living inside the mountains". The
groups had their own potlatch ring, and they used Gwayasdums as
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