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Haisla people

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The Haisla (also Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islakʼala, X̌àʼislakʼala, X̣aʼislak’ala, Xai:sla) are an indigenous people living at Kitamaat in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. [1]

25 relations: Alcan, Aluminium smelting, British Columbia, British Columbia Coast, Christianity, Coast Tsimshian dialect, Douglas Channel, Eden Robinson, English language, Fjord, Gil Cardinal, Haisla language, Haisla Nation, Heiltsuk, Heiltsuk dialect, Indian reserve, Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Kitimat, Kwak'wala, Kwakwaka'wakw, Museum of Ethnography, Sweden, Oowekyala dialect, Provinces and territories of Canada, Totem pole, Wuikinuxv.

Alcan

Alcan was a Canadian mining company and aluminum manufacturer.

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Aluminium smelting

Aluminium smelting is the process of extracting aluminium from its oxide, alumina, generally by the Hall-Héroult process.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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British Columbia Coast

The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the North Pacific Ocean.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Coast Tsimshian dialect

Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Sm'álgyax, is a dialect of the Tsimshian language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska.

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Douglas Channel

Douglas Channel is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast.

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Eden Robinson

Eden Victoria Lena Robinson (born 19 January 1968) is an award-winning Canadian author.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

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Gil Cardinal

Gilbert Joseph "Gil" Cardinal (July 19, 1950 – November 21, 2015) was a Canadian filmmaker of Métis descent.

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Haisla language

The Haisla language, X̄a’islak̓ala or X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala, is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the village of Kitaamat 10 km from the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120 km fjord that serves as a waterway for the Haisla as well as for the aluminum smelter and accompanying port of the town of Kitimat.

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Haisla Nation

The Haisla Nation is the band government of the Haisla people in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centered on the reserve community of Kitamaat Village, which is near the similarly named town of Kitimat.

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Heiltsuk

The Heiltsuk, also Bella Bella, are an Indigenous people of the Central Coast region in British Columbia, centred on the island community of Bella Bella.

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Heiltsuk dialect

Heiltsuk, also known as Haíɫzaqv, Bella Bella and Haihais, is a dialect of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that is spoken by the Haihai (Xai'xais) and Bella Bella First Nations peoples of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, around the communities of Bella Bella and Klemtu, British Columbia.

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Indian reserve

In Canada, an Indian reserve (réserve indienne) is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." First Nations reserves are the areas set aside for First Nations people after a contract with the Canadian state ("the Crown"), and are not to be confused with land claims areas, which involve all of that First Nations' traditional lands: a much larger territory than any other reserve.

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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast

The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast are composed of many nations and tribal affiliations, each with distinctive cultural and political identities, but they share certain beliefs, traditions and practices, such as the centrality of salmon as a resource and spiritual symbol.

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Kitimat

Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Kwak'wala

Kwak'wala, also written as Kwak̓wala, previously known as Kwakiutl, is the indigenous language spoken by the Kwakwaka'wakw (which means "those who speak Kwak'wala").

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Kwakwaka'wakw

The Kwakiutl (natively Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw "Kwak'wala-speaking peoples") are a Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous people.

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Museum of Ethnography, Sweden

The Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska Museet), in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish science museum.

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Oowekyala dialect

Oowekyala, also Ooweekeeno and Wuikyala in the language itself, is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, a Northern Wakashan language spoken around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, spoken by the Wuikinuxv, whose government is the Wuikinuxv Nation.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada are the sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution.

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Totem pole

Totem poles (Gyáa'aang in the Haida language) are monumental carvings, a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures.

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Wuikinuxv

The Wuikinuxv, also rendered Oowekeeno, Wuikenukv, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, and also known as the Rivers Inlet people, are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake, to the north of Queen Charlotte Strait.

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Redirects here:

G'psgolox Pole, Xa'islak'ala, Xa’islak’ala, Xenaksialak'ala.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haisla_people

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