Anthropologists classify the native peoples of the Northwest coast into six large units speaking related languages: the Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakwakw’wakw (formerly Kwakuitl), Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly Nootka), Nuxalk (formerly Bella Coola), and Coast Salish. (Sometimes the latter two are combined under the name “Salishan.”) Within each group are many distinct tribes or nations with their own social structures and traditions, and within each tribe are two or more clans.