Git-wink-silk | Nisga'a Village of Gitwinksihlkw First Nation
Community Profile
- Gitwinksihlkw is a traditional Nisga'a village situated in northwestern British Columbia, known for preserving strong cultural practices and traditional governance
- Last Updated 2025-04-23 08:02:50 UTC
- Name: Nisga'a Village of Gitwinksihlkw (ISC Code: 679)
- Former Names: Canyon City, Lakalzap
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Northwest Coast
- Indigenous Language: Nisga'a
- Number of Registered Members: 383
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/03/2024
- CHIEF: ELAINE MOORE
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:6
- ELAINE MOORE
- BRUCE HALDANE
- W. CLYDE AZAK
- SAMMY AZAK
- CARL AZAK
- ANDREW NYCE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.nisgaalisims.ca/?q=gitwinksihlkw-home-nass-river
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 633-2294
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 633-2539
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 1, 3004 TS'OOHL TS'AP AVE, GITWINKSIHLKW, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief ELAINE MOORE:
- Councillor BRUCE HALDANE:
- Councillor W. CLYDE AZAK:
- Councillor SAMMY AZAK:
- Councillor CARL AZAK:
- Councillor ANDREW NYCE:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
Band Council Remuneration
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 7616
GWINAHA 44
202.0 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT, LOT 1093 ON LEFT BANK OF THE NASS RIVER 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUTH OF ZOLZAP CREEK
[43.2994285, -74.21793260000001] -
ISC Code: 7615
ZAULZAP 29A
2.5 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT, ONLEFT BANK OF THE NASS RVR, NORTH OF ZOLZAP CREEK, 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AIYANSH
[55.26100599999999, -129.049911] -
ISC Code: 7618
AMARAL 46 & 47
4.0 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT, LOT 1094, ON LEFT BANK OF THE NESS RIVER 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF GISH CREEK
[59.28214999999999, -129.816895] -
ISC Code: 7617
GISH CREEK 45
4.0 Hectares
CASSAIR DISTRICT, LOT 5271, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE NASS RIVER AT MOUTH OF GISH CREEK
[55.2162099, -129.1869824] -
ISC Code: 7614
ZAULZAP 29
233.9 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT, ON LEFT BANK OF THE NASS RVR. N. OF ZOLZAP CREEK, 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AIYANSH
[55.26100599999999, -129.049911] -
ISC Code: 7613
GITWINKSIHLKW 7
198.4 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT ON THE NASS RIVER, 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUTH OF ZOLZAP CREEK
[55.191753, -129.221334]
Nisga’a Traditional Territory
- Located in Nass River Valley, British Columbia
- Encompasses areas of northwestern BC
- Historically used for hunting, fishing, and gathering
- Includes significant salmon fishing areas in Nass River
- Bounded by mountainous and riverine landscapes
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Written on the Land: Cultural Tourism in Nisg̲a’a Territory
- Take the Nisga'a Highway and explore Nass Valley
- 'We've had a death almost every week:' Suspension bridge lit up to remember loved ones in Nisga'a village
- Nisga’a people reach financial milestone with debt-payback
- Struggling Nisga’a community claims it was ‘devastated’ after builder failed to deliver tourist centre
- Cafe to open in Nass village
- Nisga’a Nation Secures Funding for 67 New Affordable Rental Homes
- Nisg̲a’a Nation
- More than $1.2 million announced for Masset water treatment plant upgrades
- Nisga'a ring in their new year with Hobiyee celebration in B.C.
- ‘That’s who we are’: Nisga celebrate Hobiyee
- Nisga’a village honours lost loved ones with dazzling holiday light display
- The governments of Canada and British Columbia announce up to $108 million in funding to improve high-speed Internet and mobile connectivity
- Nisga'a Christmas tradition lights up suspension bridge in memory of lost loved ones
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Indigenous knowledge, climate change and forest management: the Nisga'a Nation approach
- Wilksilaks transfer of knowledge: A working model for maintaining tradition.
- Nisga'a: integrity within a nation
- Adapting forest management to climate change: experiences of the Nisga'a people
- Family of Louisa Oyee: a matriarch in the Nisga'a Nation
- Feasting on the Aam of Heaven: The Christianization of the Nisga'a, 1860-1920
- Traditional Nisga'a leadership: the challenges through change
- Wilaat Hooxhl Nisga'ahl (Galdoo'o)(Ýans): Gik'uuhl-gi, Guuń-sa ganhl Angoogaḿ= Using plants the Nisga'a way: past, present and future use
- River of knowledge: First nations post-secondary success along Lisims.
- Aboriginal education as a decolonizing method: the Nisga'a experience
- Wilaat Hooxhl Nisga'ahl (Galdoo'o)(Ýans): Gik'uuhl-gi, Guuń-sa ganhl Angoogaḿ= Using plants the Nisga'a way: past, present and future use
- Feasting on the Aam of Heaven: The Christianization of the Nisga'a, 1860-1920
- Traditional Nisga'a leadership: the challenges through change
- Nisga'a: integrity within a nation
- Nihl Adagwiy T'gun Adaawaks GalksiGabin (Here Is the Story of GalksiGabin): A modern auto-ethnography of a Nisga'a man.
- Without treaty, without conquest: Indigenous sovereignty in post-Delgamuukw British Columbia
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