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Gitxsan (also
spelled Gitksan and Kitksan) are an
Indigenous people in
Canada whose home
territory comprises most of the area
known as the
Skeena Country...
- The
Gitxsan language /ˈɡɪtsæn/, or
Gitxsanimaax (also
rendered Gitksan, Giatikshan, Gityskyan,
Giklsan and Sim Algyax), is an
endangered Tsimshianic language...
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important transportation artery,
particularly for the
Tsimshian and the
Gitxsan—whose
names mean "inside the
River of Mist", and "people of the
River of...
- Ayookxw. The
Gitx̱san set of laws is
known as
Ayokim Gitx̱san,
Ayookim Gitx̱san, Ayookw, or Ayook.
Forming the most
fundamental core of
Gitx̱san society are...
- councils.
Ethnic groups include the Haida,
Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw,
Gitxsan, Tsimshian, Nisga'a and
other examples of the
Pacific Northwest Coast cultures...
- pre-cedes
colonial law and impositions. In 1984, the Wetʼsuwetʼen and
Gitxsan First Nations sued the BC
Government over the
granting of clear-cut logging...
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Aboriginal title (a
distinct kind of
Aboriginal right) in Canada.: 99 The
Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en
peoples claimed Aboriginal title and
jurisdiction over...
- The
Gitxsan Treaty Society handles Treaty negotiations in the BC
Treaty Process for a
number of
First Nations in
northwestern British Columbia The Gitxsan...
- halves: for example,
between a
Killer Whale and a
Raven or Eagle. The
Gitxsan or Gitksan,
meaning "people of the
Skeena River", were
known with the Nisga'a...
- disaster. The
exact location of the
village has been lost. The
neighbouring Gitxsan people of the
Hazelton area have a
similar tale,
though the
village in...
