Draft:Tsilwalagame

Tsilwalagame is a figure in Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology. He is the son of Dzunukwa, the "giant of the woods" or the "wild woman of the woods". He is the ancestor of the ʼNamgis. He is represented in Mungo Martin's Kwakwaka'wakw Heraldic Pole in Thunderbird Park, next to the Royal British Columbia Museum. The Heraldic Pole depicts Dzunukwa holding her child, which represents the crest of a 'Namgis family from Alert Bay.