FDI - Niska

The Nisga'a were a coastal hunter tribe that relied heavily on fishing. They traded early with the Whites but suffered from White introduced diseases genocide upon the influx of miners.

Aboriginal Locations (Villages)

BC Kithateh or Gitrhatin (3), Kitgigenik or Gitwinksilk (2), Kitwinshilk (2), Kitanwilksh (3)

Present Locations

BC Gitlakdamix (New Aiyansh).

Gitwinksihlkw (Canyon City)

Lakalzop (Greenville)

Oingoix (Kincolith)

Year	*History*
1773	First European contact with Capt. George Vancouver
1831	Hudson Bay Co. post at Port Simpson
1835	Hudson Bay Co. post at Port Essington, soon suffered heavy losses from influx of gold miners
1862	Smallpox epidemic
1869	Signed "Sparrow Hawk treaty" which asserts Nisga'a control of Nass fishing rights
1877	First cannery erected on the Nass River
1885	Joined by 12 men and their families comprising the entire remaining Tsetsaut tribe
1955	Nisga'a Tribal Council formed

Year	BC Population	Source
1700	1,600	NAHDB calculation
1800	1,600	NAHDB calculation
1835	1,615	Hudson Bay Company census
1900	850	NAHDB calculation
1904	842	Swanton
1906	814	Swanton
2000	6,000	NAHDB calculation
2005	6,200	Niskga'a Nation

Nisga'a Tribe Sites:

Did You Know? http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/nisga1/know-e.html

Gitlakdamix http://www.bcfn.org/profile/gitlakdamix.htm

Gitxan Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=git

Gitxsan Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=git

Kincolith http://www.tricorp.ca/pages/villpgs/kincolith.html

Kincolith http://www.citytel.net/~nisga1/kincolith.html

Kincolith Band http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=33732

New Aiyansh Village Government http://www.tricorp.ca/gitlakdamix.htm

Nisga'a Nation http://www.nisgaalisims.ca/nation.html

Nisga'a Nation http://www.kermode.net/nisgaa/

Nisga'a of the Nass River http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/nisga2/index-e.html

Nisga'a People Welcome You http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/nisga1/index-e.html

Nisga'a Timeline http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/nisga1/time-e.html

Nisga'a Treaty http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/nit_e.html

Niska Indians of Canada http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/indians/niska_indians.htm

Tsimshian, Gitsan & Niska http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/tsimshian.htm

Tsimshian Legends http://billhelin.com/legends/legends.htm

*Ethnie:*	NISGA'A (NISKA)
*Language:*	Gitxsan
*Family:*	Tsimshian
*Stock:*	Chinookan
*Phylum:*	Macro-Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern