Gitxsan

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First Nations people Indigenous people

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

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Gitxsan canonical	15
Gitxsanimaax	2
Gitanyow	1
Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs	1
Gitxsan Lax Yip (territory)	1
Gitxsan ayookx (law)	1
Gitxsan culture	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ
clanStructure	matrilineal clans ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice	feasting system ⓘ oral histories ⓘ potlatch ⓘ song and dance ⓘ storytelling ⓘ totem pole carving ⓘ
culturalRegion	Interior Plateau ⓘ surface form: Interior Plateau fringe Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
economyTraditional	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ trapping ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Gitxsan people ⓘ
governance	Gitxsan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs Gitxsan Treaty Society ⓘ hereditary chiefs ⓘ
hasClanSystem	true ⓘ
hasLandClaim	Gitxsan title and rights claim ⓘ
involvedInCase	Delgamuukw v. British Columbia ⓘ
keyResource	Pacific salmon ⓘ
keyRiver	Bulkley River ⓘ Skeena River ⓘ
language	Gitxsanimaax ⓘ
languageFamily	Tsimshianic languages ⓘ
legalTradition	Ayookxw (Gitxsan law) ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
nameMeaning	people of the river of mists ⓘ
neighboringPeople	Carrier (Dakelh) ⓘ Nisga’a ⓘ Tsimshian ⓘ Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
notableCommunity	Gitanmaax ⓘ Gitxsan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gitanyow Laxgalts’ap ⓘ surface form: Gitsegukla Gitwangak ⓘ Glen Vowell (Sik-e-dakh) ⓘ Hazelton ⓘ Kispiox ⓘ Old Hazelton ⓘ
primaryProvince	British Columbia ⓘ
primaryTerritory	Skeena River ⓘ surface form: Skeena River watershed
recognizedFor	complex clan system ⓘ rich oral traditions ⓘ strong connection to Skeena River ⓘ
selfDesignation	Gitxsan self-link ⓘ
sharesCaseWith	Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
socialOrganization	house groups ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Tsimshian → traditionalLanguage → Gitxsan ⓘ

Tsimshian → neighboringPeople → Gitxsan ⓘ

Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Gitxsan ⓘ

Tsimshianic languages → hasPart → Gitxsan ⓘ

Tsimshianic languages → ethnicGroup → Gitxsan ⓘ

Gitxsan → selfDesignation → Gitxsan self-link ⓘ

Gitxsan → governance → Gitxsan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs

Gitxsan → notableCommunity → Gitxsan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gitanyow

Northern British Columbia → hasIndigenousPeoples → Gitxsan ⓘ

Nisga'a people → relatedEthnicGroup → Gitxsan ⓘ

Laxgibuu (Wolf) → sharesCulturalAreaWith → Gitxsan ⓘ

subject surface form: Laxgibuu

Gitxsan Treaty Society → ethnicGroupRepresented → Gitxsan ⓘ

Gitxsan Treaty Society → primaryLanguage → Gitxsan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gitxsanimaax

Wetʼsuwetʼen → neighboringGroup → Gitxsan ⓘ

Carrier (Dakelh) → neighboringGroup → Gitxsan ⓘ

Hazelton → hasIndigenousPeople → Gitxsan ⓘ

Kispiox → ethnicGroup → Gitxsan ⓘ

Kispiox → people → Gitxsan ⓘ

Kispiox → culture → Gitxsan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gitxsan culture

Kispiox → language → Gitxsan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gitxsanimaax

Gitwangak → usesLegalOrder → Gitxsan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gitxsan ayookx (law)

Gitwangak → traditionalTerritory → Gitxsan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gitxsan Lax Yip (territory)