The Haida are known for their craftsmanship, trading skills, and seamanship. They are thought to have been warlike and to practise slavery. Canadian Museum of Civilization anthropologist Diamond Jenness has compared the tribe to Vikings. […]
Gingolx is a Nisga’a Village in the Nass River valley in British Columbia, Canada. The village population is approximately 400 people. Gingolx is one of four Nisga’a villages that make up the Nisga’a Nation. The […]
Laxg̱alts’ap (also Laxqalts’ap, and formerly Lachkaltsap or Greenville) is a Nisga’a Village of approximately 474, in the Nass River valley of British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the four main villages in the Nisga’a […]
Gitwinksihlkw formerly Canyon City, is a Nisga’a Village in the Nass River valley of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, near that river’s confluence with the Tseax River. An older spelling is Kitwilluchsilt. It is one of […]
Gitlaxt’aamiks /ɡɪtˈlɑːdəmɪks/ or New Aiyansh /aɪˈænʃ/ is a Nisga’a village about 100 km north of Terrace, in the heart of the Nass River valley, Canada. It is one of four Nisga’a villages. Though it is […]
The clans were Yeil or Raven; Gooch, or Wolf; and Chaak, or Eagle. Each clan in Tlingit society has its own foundation history. These stories are the private property of the clan in question and […]
There are a few variations of the Tlingit story of how they came to inhabit their lands. All are fairly similar, and one will be detailed here. They vary mostly in the location of the […]
The most well recognized story of is that of the Theft of Daylight, in which Raven steals the stars, the moon, and the sun from Naas-sháki Yéil or Naas-sháki Shaan, the Raven (or Old Man) […]
The history of the Tlingit involves both pre-contact and post-contact historical events and stories. The traditional history involved creation stories, the Raven Cycle and other tangentially related events during the mythic age when spirits freely […]
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