Meanings
- pluralplural onlyFirst Nation of British Columbia in Canada, based around Cape Mudge and part of the Lekwiltok.
Over three years later, We Wai Kai Chief Ronnie Chickite says B.C. has yet to hand over any of the 30 square kilometres of land in the Lower Campbell River area of Vancouver Island that was promised in the initial agreement.
2023 January 14, “We Wai Kai First Nation on Vancouver Island frustrated by land transfer delays”, in CBC News2 more examples
Despite the pain of remembering, We Wai Kai elder Alberta Billy is both fragile and fierce in her determination to help honour 215 children confirmed to be buried in a grave site at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., late last week.
2021 June 1, Rochelle Baker, “‘Our people need healing’: We Wai Kai elder on children’s residential school grave site”, in The Toronto Star“Not only K’ómoks but Guardians of the Wei Wai Kum, We Wai Kai and Tlowitsis Nations all worked together rapidly and effectively to assist in a situation that needed fast, experienced action to try and minimize environmental damage to our territories,” Price added.
2023 May 3, Simon Little, “About 2,500 litres of fuel leaked from truck in B.C. waters, Indigenous Guardians say”, in Global News
Origin
- Kwak'walaWiweqey
- EnglishWe Wai Kai
Borrowed from Kwak'wala Wiweqey.
More words from Kwak'wala
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We Wai Kai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/We%20Wai%20Kai
“We Wai Kai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/We%20Wai%20Kai. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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