Tlowitsis

alternative Ławit̓sis

1. pluralsingularA First Nation of Vancouver Island, based around Nenagwas, south of Campbell River, traditionally based around Turnour Island, British Columbia, part of the Kwakwaka'wakw.

   Since the school closed in Kalagwee on Turnour Island in the 1960s and members left the settlement, the Tlowitsis have been scattered around B.C. with no one place to call home.

   2018 September 17, Megan Thomas, “'A place to come home to': Tlowitsis Nation establishes new community near Campbell River”, in CBC News

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   Chief John Smith and his brother, Thomas, a councillor, hope to finally begin work on a new village for the Tlowitsis after a decades-long search and the 2018 purchase of land south of Campbell River from a logging company.

   2021 March 23, Rochelle Baker, “A nation dispersed: The Tlowitsis lay foundations to rebuild community”, in Canada's National Observer