Ganada (Raven)

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Ganada (Raven) is one of the principal matrilineal clans of the Nisga’a people, traditionally associated with the Raven crest and its related stories, rights, and responsibilities.

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Label Occurrences
Ganada (Raven) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nisga’a clan ⓘ
matrilineal clan ⓘ
social group ⓘ
associatedPeople Nisga’a Nation ⓘ
associatedWith Raven ceremonial rights ⓘ
Raven clan responsibilities ⓘ
Raven crest stories ⓘ
crest art on regalia ⓘ
crest art on totem poles ⓘ
feasting and naming ceremonies ⓘ
crest Raven ⓘ
culturalContinuity continues into contemporary Nisga’a society ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus integral to Nisga’a identity ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast of North America ⓘ
descentSystem matrilineal ⓘ
ethnicContext Nisga’a people ⓘ
linked to: Nisga'a people
governedBy Nisga’a ayuuk (laws and customs) ⓘ
hasClanSystemRole principal clan ⓘ
hasCulturalRole guardian of specific stories ⓘ
holder of hereditary rights ⓘ
participant in potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
hasOpposedOrComplementaryClan Gisk’aast (Killer Whale) clan ⓘ
Laxgibuu (Wolf) clan ⓘ
linked to: Eagle clan

Laxsgiik (Eagle) clan ⓘ
linked to: Eagle clan
kinshipSystem matrilineal ⓘ
languageContext Nisga’a language ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
membershipRule inherited from mother ⓘ
partOf Nisga’a clan system ⓘ
linked to: Nisga’a Nation
responsibilitiesInclude hosting and attending potlatches ⓘ
maintaining clan histories ⓘ
upholding Nisga’a laws ⓘ
rightsInclude telling specific Raven histories ⓘ
use of Raven images and designs ⓘ
socialFunction organizing marriages ⓘ
regulating kinship obligations ⓘ
structuring political authority ⓘ
symbol Raven ⓘ
traditionalStructure house groups ⓘ
transmissionMode oral tradition ⓘ

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

Nisga’a → clan → Ganada (Raven) ⓘ