Gitxsan people

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The Gitxsan people are an Indigenous First Nations group of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for their rich oral traditions, complex clan system, and deep cultural connection to the Skeena River watershed.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gitxsan people canonical 12
Gitxsan Nation 7
Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Canada ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
asserts Aboriginal title to traditional territory ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice feasting system ⓘ
oral history recitation ⓘ
potlatch ⓘ
totem pole carving ⓘ
governedBy Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people

hereditary chiefs ⓘ
hasArtForm Northwest Coast formline art ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasClan Giskaast (Fireweed) clan ⓘ
Lax Ganeda (Raven) clan ⓘ
Lax Gibuu (Wolf) clan ⓘ
Lax Seel (Frog) clan ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Ksan Historical Village and Museum ⓘ
hasLanguage Gitxsan language ⓘ
Gitxsanimaax ⓘ
linked to: Gitanmaax
hasLegalCase Delgamuukw v. British Columbia ⓘ
hasNeighbor Carrier (Dakelh) people ⓘ
linked to: Dakelh people

Nisga’a people ⓘ
linked to: Nisga'a people

Tsimshian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsimshian

Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrganization Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people

Gitxsan Treaty Society ⓘ
hasSettlement Gitanyow ⓘ
Gitsegukla ⓘ
Gitwangak ⓘ
Glen Vowell ⓘ
Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Kispiox ⓘ
Old Hazelton ⓘ
isPartOf Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
knownFor complex clan system ⓘ
hereditary chief system ⓘ
land and resource stewardship ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Tsimshianic languages ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
primaryRegion Hazelton area ⓘ
Kispiox Valley ⓘ
linked to: Kispiox

Skeena River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Skeena River

upper Skeena River ⓘ
linked to: Skeena River
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Gitxsan spirituality ⓘ
traditionalEconomy gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Babine River ⓘ
Bulkley River ⓘ
Kispiox River ⓘ
Skeena River ⓘ
usesClanSystem matrilineal clan system ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet-based orthography ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Gitxsan → ethnolinguisticGroup → Gitxsan people ⓘ
Skeena River → culturalSignificanceFor → Gitxsan people ⓘ
Gitxsan people → governedBy → Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people
Gitxsan people → hasPoliticalOrganization → Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people
Gitxsan Treaty Society → represents → Gitxsan people ⓘ
Gitxsan Treaty Society → represents → Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people
Ayookxw → appliesTo → Gitxsan people ⓘ
subject linked to: Ayookxw (Gitxsan law)
Ayookxw → legalTraditionOf → Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
subject linked to: Ayookxw (Gitxsan law)
linked to: Gitxsan people
Kispiox → partOf → Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people
Kispiox → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Gitxsan people ⓘ
Gitanmaax → partOf → Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people
Gitanmaax → hasPeople → Gitxsan people ⓘ
Glen Vowell (Sik-e-dakh) → people → Gitxsan people ⓘ
Gitwangak → partOf → Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people
Gitwangak → ethnicGroup → Gitxsan people ⓘ
Treaty 3 Nations (British Columbia) → hasMember → Gitxsan Nation ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan people
Sekani people → neighboringGroup → Gitxsan people ⓘ