The
Wuikinuxv , also rendered
Oowekeeno ,
Wuikenukv, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, and also known as the Rivers Inlet people, are an
Indigenous First Nations people of the
Central Coast region of the
Canadian province of
British Columbia, located around
Rivers Inlet and
Owikeno Lake, to the north of
Queen Charlotte Strait. The Wuikinuxv people and their neighbours the
Heiltsuk and
Haisla peoples were in the past sometimes known incorrectly as the "Northern Kwakiutl".