Tsimshian - Wikipedia The Tsimshian language has some 27 different terms for 'chief' likely because it is a stratified and ranked society Early Euro-Canadian anthropologists and linguists had classified the Gitxsan and Nisga'a as Tsimshian, because of apparent linguistic affinities
Tsmsyen (Tsimshian) - The Canadian Encyclopedia Ts’msyen (Tsim-she-yan, meaning “Inside the Skeena River”; sometime spelled Tsimshian or Tsm’syen) is a name that is often broadly applied to Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Tsimshian - American Museum of Natural History “Tsimshian” means “people inside the Skeena River ” The Tsimshian, Gitxsan, and Nisg̲a’a people are neighbors along the Skeena and Nass Rivers on the northern coast of British Columbia These Nations share many traditions and their languages are closely related
BC – Tsimshian Nation – First Nations History The Tsimshian First Nation, whose ancestral lands encompass the rugged coastal regions and waterways of northern British Columbia, has lived in the area for thousands of years
Tsimshian - New World Encyclopedia The Tsimshian, usually pronounced in English as 'sɪm ʃi æn or approximately "SIM-shee-an" are Indigenous, or Native American and First Nation people who live around Terrace and Prince Rupert, on the north coast of British Columbia and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island
Canada History Tsimshian Tsimshian artists were known for their intricate carvings, baskets, and textiles, which were used in religious ceremonies and everyday life They also had a rich oral tradition, which was used to pass down stories, legends, and cultural knowledge from one generation to the next
The Tsimshian People and Their Culture - Smithsonian Learning Lab Most Tsimshian live along the coast of northern British Columbia between the Nass River and Queen Charlotte Sound The shores and islands are covered by northern rain forests of hemlock, spruce, fir, red cedar and yellow cedar, woods that were the basic raw materials of our culture
Tsimshian alphabet, prounciation and language - Omniglot Tsimshian is a Tsimshianic language spoken along the lower Skeena River in northwestern British Columbia in Canada, and at Metlakatla on Annette Island in southeastern Alaska in the USA
Tsimshian | Research Starters - EBSCO In the twenty-first century, multiple Tsimshian bands united under a treaty council called Tsimshian First Nations are engaged in ongoing treaty negotiations with the Canadian government to settle outstanding Indigenous rights issues