Tsimshian

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Tsimshian is an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their rich maritime culture, complex social organization, and distinctive art and oral traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people
Native American people
artForm formline art
mask making
wood carving
continent North America
country Canada
United States
culturalArea Northwest Coast culture area
culturalFeature crest systems
elaborate ceremonial regalia
hereditary chiefs
culturalPractice complex oral traditions
potlatch ceremonies
totem pole carving
governingBody Metlakatla Indian Community
Tsimshian First Nations
linked to: Tsimshian
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent
languageFamily Tsimshianic languages
neighboringPeople Gitxsan
Haida
Heiltsuk
Nisga’a
Tlingit
notableRiver Nass River
Skeena River
notableVillage Metlakatla, Alaska
Metlakatla, British Columbia
primaryArea North Coast of British Columbia
Southeast Alaska
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
region Pacific Northwest Coast
religion Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
socialOrganization matrilineal clans
moieties
socialStructureFeature ranked lineages
traditionalEconomy maritime-based subsistence
salmon fishing
sea mammal hunting
trade
traditionalHousing plank houses
traditionalLanguage Gitxsan
Nisga’a
Sm’álgyax
Southern Tsimshian
linked to: Tsimshian
traditionalTransport dugout canoes

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Alaska indigenousPeoples Tsimshian
Tsimshian traditionalLanguage Southern Tsimshian
linked to: Tsimshian
Tsimshian governingBody Tsimshian First Nations
linked to: Tsimshian
Ketchikan hasEthnicHeritage Tsimshian
Ketchikan traditionalLanguage Tsimshian
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Tsimshian
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples culturalAreaIncludes Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Metlakatla, British Columbia associatedWith Tsimshian hereditary chiefs
linked to: Tsimshian
Panhandle of Alaska ethnicGroup Tsimshian
Sm’álgyax alternateName Coast Tsimshian
linked to: Tsimshian
Sm’álgyax spokenBy Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Tsimshianic languages spokenBy Tsimshian peoples
linked to: Tsimshian
Tsimshianic languages hasPart Coast Tsimshian
linked to: Tsimshian
Tsimshianic languages hasPart Southern Tsimshian
linked to: Tsimshian
Gitxsan neighboringPeople Tsimshian
Haida mythology relatedTo Tsimshian mythology
linked to: Tsimshian
Totem Heritage Center associatedWith Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Metlakatla Indian Community ethnicGroup Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Skeena River culturalSignificanceFor Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Nass River culturalRegionOf Tsimshian peoples
linked to: Tsimshian
Nass River traditionalTerritoryOf Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Kermode bear culturalSignificanceFor Tsimshian peoples
linked to: Tsimshian
Sealaska Corporation represents Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people neighboringPeople Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Metlakatla inhabitedBy Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Metlakatla ethnicGroup Tsimshian
Metlakatla foundedBy Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
Metlakatla hasCulturalHeritage Tsimshian culture
linked to: Tsimshian
Tlingit people neighboringPeople Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
North Coast hasCulturalSignificanceFor Tsimshian peoples
linked to: Tsimshian
Metlakatla First Nation ethnicGroup Coast Tsimshian
linked to: Tsimshian
Metlakatla First Nation people Tsimshian
Southern Alaska isInhabitedBy Tsimshian people
subject linked to: southern Alaska
linked to: Tsimshian