Haisla people

E372267

The Haisla people are an Indigenous First Nations group of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, traditionally based around Kitamaat Village in British Columbia and known for their rich maritime culture and art.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Haisla Nation 9
Haisla 5
Haisla people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Indigenous peoples in Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice clan-based social organization ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast art area ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
government Haisla Nation Council ⓘ
hasCulturalRevitalization art and carving programs ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ
hasDemographics small population relative to other First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
hasOrganization Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
hasReserve Kitamaat 2 ⓘ
knownFor Northwest Coast art ⓘ
carving ⓘ
ceremonial regalia ⓘ
fishing and marine harvesting ⓘ
maritime culture ⓘ
ocean-going canoes ⓘ
totem poles ⓘ
language Haisla language ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Wakashan languages ⓘ
linked to: Northern Wakashan
languageFamily Wakashan languages ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
mainSettlement Kitamaat Village ⓘ
Kitimat, British Columbia ⓘ
participatesIn treaty negotiations in British Columbia ⓘ
peopleGroupOf Wakashan peoples ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
recognizedAs band government under the Indian Act ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Heiltsuk people ⓘ
linked to: Heiltsuk

Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation ⓘ
Wuikinuxv people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Haisla spirituality ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Douglas Channel ⓘ
Gardner Canal ⓘ
Kitamaat Village ⓘ
Kitimat Arm ⓘ
North Coast of British Columbia ⓘ
uses cedar for canoes and houses ⓘ
cedar for totem poles and carvings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Coast of British Columbia → hasIndigenousPeople → Haisla ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Wakashan languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Douglas Channel system → culturalSignificanceFor → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Haisla → spokenBy → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Haisla → spokenBy → Haisla people ⓘ
Haisla → ethnicity → Haisla ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Haisla people → hasOrganization → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
North Coast → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Laxgibuu → sharesCulturalAreaWith → Haisla ⓘ
subject linked to: Laxgibuu (Wolf)
linked to: Haisla people
Coastal First Nations alliance → hasMember → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
First Nations of British Columbia → hasPart → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Eden Robinson → ethnicity → Haisla ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Northwestern British Columbia → hasIndigenousPeople → Haisla ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Great Bear Sea region → stewardedBy → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
Kitimat River → traditionalTerritoryOf → Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people