Gitxsan
Speech parts
1. Gitxsan - Noun
2. Gitxsan - Proper noun
Meaning
Gitxsan (plural Gitxsans or Gitxsan)
A member of a matrilineal indigenous people of Canada whose home territory comprises most of the Skeena Country.
Gitxsan
A Tsimshianic language spoken in British Columbia, Canada.
Examples
After the one-hour tour, Jack shares a traditional Gitxsan story on the sunny steps of the Eagle House.
Enbridge pipeline to BC coast gets support of Gitxsan hereditary …
Gitxsan women come away from Prince Rupert with third place.
Instead, it appears to be operating on the basis that it has replaced the authority of the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs and can finalize agreements without their approval, or that of the Gitxsan people.
Responsibility to the land also forms the foundation of Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en activist Mel Bazil’s efforts to revive and protect traditional ways of life.
The Gitxsan Unity Movement is under strict order to carry out this blockade/protest respectfully and non confrontational.