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Aboriginal Canada / First Nations News (sourced from Google)
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
Coastal Tsimshian NationThe Lax Kw’alaams Lax Kw’alaams is a jewel on the edge of the mystical coastal temperate rain forest on the northwestern coast of British Columbia. From time immemorial the Tsimshian, an adventurous sea-faring people, have lived in their traditional territories near the city of Prince Rupert. Akin to other people of the Northwest Coast, the Tsimshian were fearsome warriors living in complex cultural tapestry. It was the first Aboriginal community in B.C to officially change its English name to its Aboriginal name--from Port Simpson to Lax Kw’alaams. Welcome!
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For over 10,000 years the spirits of Tsimshian ancestors have graced the shores of of the Skeena River, wandered in the forests, mountains and islands of one of the most pristine and breathtaking areas of wilderness of the world.
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TraditionTraditions include; Oral Culture: Laws and Customs:
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PeopleTsimshian society was highly structured; social rank was rigidly adhered to. Each house of the nine tribes had a house chief. The groups that hosted the most frequent and elaborate potlatches tended to hold the highest rank (the leadership of a local group).
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LanguageHistorically made homes around the mouth of the Skeena River, and the dialect is called Sm’alayax, literally means “the real language”.
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