Tsimshian

Tsimshian Tribe Tsimshian, which means “ People inside of the Skeena River”, is one of the coastal tribe in the Pacific Northwest Coast. This tribe distribute in two main areas, which are British Columbia, Canada and Alaska in the US. According to that, they have a different group name for each location. For example, Tsimshian indigenous who live surrounded the mouth of the Skeena River and nearly the sea; the Gitskan who live further up the indigenous people place; the Nishga who stay the basin

mission to share and tell stories. Roy Henry Vickers, has a First Nation heritage of Tsimshian, Haida and Heiltsuk giving authenticity to this story and imagery. This forty page, hardcover text includes short paragraphs on the left page and vibrant illustrations of coastal life by Roy Vickers on the right pages, except for a large picture covering pages 25 and 26. The story takes place in a Kitkatla, a small Tsimshian village community in northern B.C., near the town of Prince Rupert. The story brings

Charles Marius Barbeau’s Ethnography and the Canadian Folklore Born on 5 March 1883, in Sainte-Marie-de-Bauce, Charles Marius Barbeau is widely seen as the first Canadian educated anthropologist. He graduated from Université Laval in Québec, from his studies of law, in 1907; he never practised law. Upon graduating, Marius was awarded – as the first French-Canadian recipient – the Cecil Rhodes scholarship which allowed him to study at Oxford University where he was introduced to the emerging

salmon” (“Raven Rattle”). The utilization of such a symbol by the Tsimshian tribe in their ‘Raven Rattle’; in which was produced during the nineteenth century, shows the standard to which the raven is held within their culture. For the reason that rattles tend to be extremely intimate objects in which is only awarded to those who sit high up on social ladder; such as clan leaders (“Native American Rattles”). Within the Tsimshian tribe specifically, the ‘Raven Rattle’ had held the sole purpose of

It's very often that the public has the impression that Native American cultures were inflexible, unchanging societies, with little or variation through the centuries. This is the central theme of this chapter I believe because throughout my days on this earth I have heard plenty of puts on the Native community. I believe the author was trying to address people with negative views on the Native community and open their eyes to the beauty, land, social classes, and development of the Native culture

The “Native American Masterpieces from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection” exhibition is a selection of extraordinary Native American works of art that is drawn entirely from the New York’s Charles and Valerie Diker Collection. The collection celebrates the Native North American legacy and the artist’s attainments from culturally diverse indigenous civilizations across the North American region. The works are arranged thematically. Certain objects of the same category were placed fairly close

life. Their art was woven into their clothing, their dishes, even their very homes. The architecture of the northwest is extremely distinct with amazing longhouses which are a trademark of the area. Before European contact, the Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian and Haisla built gabled roof houses which were about sixty square feet. The Nuxalk,

bears white to remind the people of a time when glaciers covered this land.”- Tsimshian Lore In the northwest coast of British Columbia, nestled away in the lungs of our globe lives the Kermode Bear (Ursus americanus kermodei). Due to its prevalence in British Columbia’s First Nations oral history, the white-phased black bear is also commonly known as the Spirit Bear (Hedrick & Ritland, 2012). To the Kitasoo and Tsimshian peoples, the bear is a symbol of spiritual powers and is of high cultural significance

Native Indian is the pioneer of immigrations in America, and they created the earliest culture and languages on this land, and these heritages have influences for American deeply. In the 1880s, American government forced Native Indians to use English and abolished Indian languages, but native Indians remains some characteristics when they are using English, and linguists called it as American Indian English (AIE). Indian English has extensive influence from the speaker’s native language traditions

Introduction The purpose of this report is to introduce the TD On-reserve Home Loan Program to TD Prince Rupert Branch. This report will examine the suitability for Prince Rupert Branch to provide loans to the chosen First Nation: Metlakatla First Nation by laying out the fundamental background of First Nations, an overview of the TD On-reserve Home Loan Program, as well as the benefits and concerns when implementing this loan program. In this report, I am not trying to persuade or convince anyone