Ganhada
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The Ganhada is the name for the Raven "clan" (phratry) in the language of the Tsimshian
nation of British Columbia
, Canada, and southeast Alaska
. It is considered analogous or identical to the Ganada (Raven/Frog) Tribe of the Nisga'a
nation in British Columbia and the Frog clan among B.C.'s Gitxsan
nation. The Gitxsan also sometimes use the term Laxsee'le to describe the Frog clan.
Tsimshian
The Tsimshian are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Tsimshian translates to Inside the Skeena River. Their communities are in British Columbia and Alaska, around Terrace and Prince Rupert and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island. There are approximately 10,000...
nation of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada, and southeast Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. It is considered analogous or identical to the Ganada (Raven/Frog) Tribe of the Nisga'a
Nisga'a
The Nisga’a , often formerly spelled Nishga and spelled in the Nisga’a language as Nisga’a, are an Indigenous nation or First Nation in Canada. They live in the Nass River valley of northwestern British Columbia. Their name comes from a combination of two Nisga’a words: Nisk’-"top lip" and...
nation in British Columbia and the Frog clan among B.C.'s Gitxsan
Gitxsan
Gitxsan are an indigenous people whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English...
nation. The Gitxsan also sometimes use the term Laxsee'le to describe the Frog clan.
Nisga'a - Ganada
The house groups of the Ganada among the Nisga’a include:-
- wilps Txaatk'anlaxhatkw - Sidney Alexander
- Git-Wilt'uutskwhl Aks (People-Where-Water-Is-Black) Clan:
- wilps Axdii Wil Luugooda - Wallace Clark
- wilps Ksim Xsaan - Oscar Mercer
- wilps Wil luu-gaamiks Hloks - Wayne Nisyok
- wilps sim'oogit Luuxhoon - Bert Adams, Sr.K'amlaaxyaltkw - Godfrey Adams
- wilps Axhlaawaals - Richard Leeson
- wilps sim'oogit Ni’isjoohl - Horace Stevens) & sim'oogit Ni'iswalks - (previously Albert Stephens, Sr.
- wilps Hay'maas - Chester Moore
- wilps sim'oogit Axdii'anxsmax - Larry Derrick & sim'oogit Ahldaa Xk'ooks -
- wilps Gadim Galdoo'o - Previously Charles Alexander returned to owners from Gitanmaax