Kispiox

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Kispiox is a Gitxsan First Nations village in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its rich Indigenous culture and prominent totem poles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kispiox canonical 3
Kispiox Valley 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations village
settlement
associatedWithRiver Kispiox River salmon fishery
category First Nations reserves in British Columbia
Gitxsan communities
country Canada
culturalPractice potlatch
totem pole carving
culture Gitxsan culture
linked to: Gitxsan
ethnicGroup Gitxsan
governedBy Kispiox Band Council
governingBodyType band government
hasArtForm Northwest Coast Indigenous art
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Gitxsan people ONNED1
hasFeature community hall
longhouses
totem pole field
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada
hasIndigenousName Anspayaxw
hasMaterial red cedar
hasPopulationGroup Indigenous peoples in Canada
heritageType Indigenous cultural landscape
knownFor Gitxsan art
Indigenous culture
carved cedar poles
totem poles
language Gitxsanimaax
linked to: Gitxsan
locatedIn British Columbia
Gitxsan traditional territory
Skeena River watershed NERFINISHED
northwestern British Columbia
northwestern Canada
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedNear Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena River NERFINISHED
locatedOn Kispiox River
nearbyCommunity New Hazelton
linked to: Hazelton

Old Hazelton
partOf Gitxsan Nation
linked to: Gitxsan people
people Gitxsan
province British Columbia
region Skeena Country
religion Christianity
traditional Gitxsan spirituality
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
transportAccess Highway 16 via Hazelton area

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

Gitxsan notableCommunity Kispiox
Gitxsan people primaryRegion Kispiox Valley
linked to: Kispiox
Gitxsan people hasSettlement Kispiox
Hazelton locatedNear Kispiox