Introduction

Archaeological Excavation

Tsimshian Society and Culture

Tsimshian Villages

Gitsegyukla
Hazelton
Kispiox
Kitselas
Kitwanga
Port (Fort) Simpson
Gitlaxdamsk

Tsimshian Villages

Kitselas

The village of Kitselas, or "People of the Canyon", is said to have been founded by the Gitksan people of Upper Skeena. Divided into two parts (Gitlaxdzawk and Gitsaex) which faced each other across the river, Kitselas was inhabited until about 1885.

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People of Gitlaxdzawk village, Kitselas, circa 1905.


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Totem poles on the south side of Kitselas
Canyon, in the former village of the Gitsaex.
C.M. Barbeau, 1926


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Kitselas totem pole.
C.M. Barbeau, 1924

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