Group of indigenous people in British Columbia, Canada
This article is about the ethnographic group. For the language, see Gitxsan language.
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Gitxsan
Gitxsan on the banks of the Skeena River at Hazelton, 1901
Total population
5,680 (2016 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Canada British Columbia
Languages
English • Gitxsan
Religion
Indigenous spirituality
Related ethnic groups
Nisga'a
People
Gitx̱san
Language
Gitxsanimaax
Country
Gitx̱san Lax̱yip
Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (Git: means "people of" and Xsan: means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approximately 35,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) of land, from the basin of the upper Skeena River from about Legate Creek to the Skeena's headwaters and its surrounding tributaries.[2] Part of the Tsimshianic language group, their culture is considered to be part of the civilization of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, although their territory lies in the Interior rather than on the Coast. They were at one time also known as the Interior Tsimshian, a term which also included the Nisga'a, the Gitxsan's neighbours to the north. Their neighbours to the west are the Tsimshian (a.k.a. the Coast Tsimshian) while to the east the Wetʼsuwetʼen, an Athapaskan people, with whom they have a long and deep relationship and shared political and cultural community.
^"Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Responses (4), Residence on or off reserve (3), Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English...
The Gitxsan language /ˈɡɪtsæn/, or Gitxsanimaax (also rendered Gitksan, Giatikshan, Gityskyan, Giklsan and Sim Algyax), is an endangered Tsimshianic language...
Ayookxw. The Gitx̱san set of laws is known as Ayokim Gitx̱san, Ayookim Gitx̱san, Ayookw, or Ayook. Forming the most fundamental core of Gitx̱san society are...
important transportation artery, particularly for the Tsimshian and the Gitxsan—whose names mean "inside the River of Mist" ,and "people of the River of...
Aboriginal title (a distinct kind of Aboriginal right) in Canada.: 99 The Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en peoples claimed Aboriginal title and jurisdiction over...
The Gitxsan Treaty Society handles Treaty negotiations in the BC Treaty Process for a number of First Nations in northwestern British Columbia The Gitxsan...
as among matrilineal Canadian aboriginal groups, such as the Haida and Gitxsan). Upon marriage to a woman, men in the United States can change their surnames...
councils. Ethnic groups include the Haida, Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw, Gitxsan, Tsimshian, Nisga'a and other examples of the Pacific Northwest Coast cultures...
Early Euro-Canadian anthropologists and linguists had classified the Gitxsan and Nisga'a as Tsimshian, because of apparent linguistic affinities. The...
halves: for example, between a Killer Whale and a Raven or Eagle. The Gitxsan or Gitksan, meaning "people of the Skeena River", were known with the Nisga'a...
were the Haida, Tsimshian, Salish, Kwakiutl, Nuu-chah-nulth, Nisga'a and Gitxsan. In the plains were the Blackfoot, Kainai, Sarcee and Northern Peigan....
Tsimshian; Haida; Salish; Kwakiutl; Heiltsuk; Nootka; Nisga'a; Senakw and Gitxsan. In the plains were the Niisitapi; Káínawa; Tsuutʼina; and Piikáni. In...
Nisg̱a’a, Nishga, Nisgha, Niska, Nass, Nishka) Gitksan (also known as Gitxsan, Gitksanimx̣) Coast Tsimshian is spoken along the lower Skeena River in...
Kispiox is a Gitxsan (often known also as Gitksan, due to eastern and western dialects) village of approximately 550 in the Kispiox Valley, at the confluence...
Columbia (Prince George) RCMP Dale Culver, an Indigenous man from the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en Nations, was arrested and sprayed with pepper spray where...
River Tlingit First Nation "Our Way: The Traditional System Today". Gitxsan. Gitx̱san Nation. Retrieved 24 December 2018. "Wet'suwet'en People". Unist'ot'en...
Village First Nation is a First Nations band government, a subgroup of the (Gitxsan) people, located at Hagwilget, British Columbia, Canada, which is just...
of Nature's Path and philanthropist, appointed 2022 Neil J. Sterritt, Gitxsan activist and author, appointed 2017 David Takayoshi Suzuki CC OBC, environmentalist...
Connie Watts is a mixed media artist and designer of Nuu-chah-nulth, Gitxsan and Kwakwaka'wakw ancestry. She lives and works on Coast Salish territory...
Cindy Blackstock OC FRSC (born c. 1964) is a Canadian Gitxsan activist for child welfare and executive director of the First Nations Child and Family...
Simon Gunanoot (1874 – October 1933) was a prosperous Gitxsan man and a merchant in the Kispiox Valley region of Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. He...
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