K'ómoks

alternative Comox · alternative K'omoks

1. pluralsingularA Coast Salish First Nation from the central east coast of Vancouver Island.

   Her appointment will advance decolonization and benefit the people of K’ómoks and many other First Nations across the country, said Chief Robert Louie.

   2024 December 6, Roxanne Egan-Elliott, “K’ómoks First Nation appoints justice of the peace”, in Times Colonist

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   The local K’ómoks First Nation call the Morrison Creek headwaters qax mot, meaning “lots of medicine” in their traditional language. Mr. Ennis noted that the conservation effort will ensure the K’ómoks people can access the abundance and diversity of medicinal plants in the area that have been effectively locked up by private land ownership.

   2022 November 14, Justine Hunter, “The 20-year campaign to protect the endangered fish found on only one place on Earth”, in The Globe and Mail

   "To be able to determine who our K'ómoks people are in the future, and not have someone in Ottawa make that decision for us, it's really exciting," she told CBC News.

   2025 March 9, “K'ómoks First Nation members vote overwhelmingly in favour of modern treaty”, in CBC News