Memkumlis or, officiallyMeem Quam Leese,[1]Memkoomlish,Memqumlis, 'mimkumlis orMi'mkwamlis,[2] commonly known asMamalilaculla,[3] which is actually the name of the subgroup of theKwakwaka'wakw whose home it is, is located on the west side ofVillage Island in theJohnstone Strait region of theCentral Coast of British Columbia.
The village is onMahmalillikullah Indian Reserve No. 1 onEliot Passage, which was created in 1886.[4][5] The name means "village with rocks and islands out front",[6] or as translated by famous chief and carverMungo Martin, "group of little islands" and byFranz Boas as "round things [islands] in front at beach".[7]
When the Kwikwasut'inux village ofGwayasdums was destroyed in the 1850s by theNuxalk, the survivors joined the Mamalilikulla at Memkumlis. The village was partly destroyed by fire in 1892 and rebuilt.[8]
The village's population was estimated at 2000 in 1836-41 (before the Kwikwasut'inux moved there), but by 1911 it was only 90.[9]
50°37′10″N126°34′30″W / 50.61944°N 126.57500°W /50.61944; -126.57500 (Memkumlis)
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