- The
Gispwudwada or
Gisbutwada (variously spelled) is the name for the
Killerwhale "clan" (phratry) in the
language of the
Tsimshian nation of
British Columbia...
-
Orcas or
killer whales have a
cosmopolitan distribution and
several distinct po****tions or
types have been do****ented or suggested.
Three to five types...
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acquisition of the
hereditary name He'l by the
Gispwudwada (Blackfish or
Killerwhale clan)
House (extended
matrilineal family) of Ts'ibasaa, from an English...
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Tsimshian community of
Hartley Bay, B.C. He was of the
Gispwudwada or
Killerwhale clan. As a
child he
moved to
William Duncan's
mission at
Metlakatla BC...
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today with the
Kitsumkalum community)
House of
Suhalaayt --
Gispwudwada (
Killerwhale clan) (a
totem pole
belonging to this
house was
standing in Lax Kw'alaams...
-
Calder was a
hereditary chief of the
House of
Wisinxbiltkw from the
Killerwhale Tribe. He died
November 4, 2006, at an ****isted-living home in Victoria...
- he
follows his
mother as a
Ginaxangiik Tsimshian of the
Gispwudwada (
Killerwhale) clan. He is the
author of the 2006 book
Dances with Dependency: Indigenous...
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moieties of the
Tlingit society are the
Raven (Yéil) and Eagle, Wolf,
killerwhale, Frog,
Thunderbird and
hummingbird and butterfly. The
sumilarity to moiety...
- the name 'Wiis****s, a name
belonging to the same
royal Gispwudwada (
Killerwhale clan) house-group (extended
matrilineal family) as 'Alamlaxha and Txagaaxs...
-
Gitando people in Lax Kw'alaams
included 14
members of the
Gispwudwada (
Killerwhale clan) (1 house-group), 17
members of the
Ganhada (Raven) (1 house-group)...
