Definition of Gispwudwada. Meaning of Gispwudwada. Synonyms of Gispwudwada

- The Gispwudwada or Gisbutwada (variously spelled) is the name for the Killerwhale "clan" (phratry) in the language of the Tsimshian nation of British...
- encounter tell of the acquisition of the hereditary name He'l by the Gispwudwada (Blackfish or Killerwhale clan) House (extended matrilineal family) of...
- Methodist missionary Thomas Crosby. She succeeded to the Giluts'aaw Gispwudwada (Killerwhale clan) name-title Niisłgümiik of the House of Niisłgümiik...
- Nisga’a society is organized into four tribes: Ganhada (G̱anada, Raven) Gispwudwada (Gisḵ’aast, Killer Whale) Laxgibuu (Lax̱gibuu, Wolf) Laxsgiik (Lax̱sgiik...
- ****ociated with chieftainship of the House of Niistaxo'ok, the clan Gispwudwada (Killerwhale clan) house-group (or matrilineal extended family) of the...
- with lineages from all Tsimshian tribes. The Tsimshian clans are the Gispwudwada (Killer Whale Clan) Ganhada (Raven Clan) Laxgibuu (Wolf Clan) Laxsgiik...
- ****ociated today with the Kitsumkalum community) House of Suhalaayt -- Gispwudwada (Killerwhale clan) (a totem pole belonging to this house was standing...
- was from the Tsimshian community of Hartley Bay, B.C. He was of the Gispwudwada or Killerwhale clan. As a child he moved to William Duncan's mission...
- that Gitwilgyoots people in Lax Kw'alaams included 49 members of the Gispwudwada (Killerwhale clan) (three house-groups, including the House of Saxsa'axt...
- matrilineal system, he follows his mother as a Ginaxangiik Tsimshian of the Gispwudwada (Killerwhale) clan. He is the author of the 2006 book Dances with Dependency:...