Ma'amtagila First Nation
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The Ma’amtagila First Nation (also styled Maamtagila), formerly known as Mahteelthpe or Matilpi, are an Indigenous nation and part of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. Their territory is located in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait area in the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland in Canada.
The Ma'amtagila are recognized by the various tribes that comprise the Kwakwaka'wakw-speaking peoples.[2] They were officially recognized by the Government of Canada first in 1879 and confirmed in 1914 by the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia (McKenna-McBride Commission), before amalgamating in 1945 with the Klowitsis Tribe (now Tlowitsis Nation).