Nisga'a people

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First Nations people Indigenous people of North America ethnic group

The Nisga'a people are an Indigenous First Nations group of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, primarily residing in the Nass River valley of northwestern British Columbia, known for their rich cultural traditions and landmark modern treaty establishing self-government.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Nisga’a people	6
Nisga'a people canonical	1
Nisga’a Nation	1
Nisga’a Urban Locals	1
Nisga’a house groups (wilp)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people of North America ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
clanSystem	matrilineal clans ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice	feasting system ⓘ potlatch ⓘ
culturalRegion	Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Northwest Coast culture area
governingBody	Nisga’a Nation ⓘ surface form: Nisga'a Lisims Government Nisga’a Nation ⓘ surface form: Nisga'a Nation
hasModernTreaty	Nisga’a Final Agreement ⓘ surface form: Nisga'a Final Agreement
hasRight	control over natural resources on Nisga'a Lands ⓘ fisheries rights in Nass River area ⓘ ownership of Nisga'a Lands ⓘ self-government over Nisga'a lands ⓘ
language	Nisga’a language ⓘ surface form: Nisga'a language
languageFamily	Tsimshianic languages ⓘ
legalSignificance	helped establish recognition of Aboriginal title in Canadian law ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Northwest ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
mainCommunities	Gingolx ⓘ Gitlaxt’aamiks ⓘ surface form: Gitlaxt'aamiks Gitwinksihlkw ⓘ Laxgalts’ap ⓘ surface form: Laxgalts'ap
notableLegalCase	Calder v. British Columbia (Attorney General) ⓘ
populationRegion	Nass Valley communities ⓘ
primaryRegion	Nass River NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
relatedEthnicGroup	Gitxsan ⓘ Haida ⓘ Tsimshian ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Nisga'a spiritual beliefs ⓘ
selfGovernment	yes ⓘ
socialStructure	clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalArt	totem pole carving ⓘ weaving ⓘ wood carving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ
traditionalFood	eulachon ⓘ salmon ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Nass River Valley ⓘ surface form: Nass River valley
treatyEffectiveDate	2000-05-11 ⓘ
treatySigned	1998-08-04 ⓘ
treatyType	modern treaty ⓘ
treatyWith	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Province of British Columbia

Referenced by (10)

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

Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples → culturalAreaIncludes → Nisga'a people ⓘ

Nisga’a → ethnicGroupOf → Nisga'a people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nisga’a Nation

Nisga’a → governanceStructure → Nisga'a people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nisga’a Urban Locals

Skeena River → culturalSignificanceFor → Nisga'a people ⓘ