- The
Laxgibuu or
Laxgyibuu (variously spelled) is the name for the Wolf "clan" (phratry) in the
language of the
Tsimshian nation of
British Columbia, Canada...
- tribes:
Ganhada (G̱anada, Raven)
Gispwudwada (Gisḵ’aast,
Killer Whale)
Laxgibuu (
Lax̱gibuu, Wolf)
Laxsgiik (Lax̱sgiik, Eagle) Each
tribe is
further sub-divided...
-
Tsimshian clans are the
Gispwudwada (Killer
Whale Clan)
Ganhada (Raven Clan)
Laxgibuu (Wolf Clan)
Laxsgiik (Eagle Clan) The
Tsimshian wanted to
preserve their...
- ádi Xook'eidí Kaax'oos.hittaan Neix.ádi (Eagle/Beaver/Halibut)
Ganhada Laxgibuu History of the
Tlingit Emmons,
George Thornton (1991). The
Tlingit Indians...
- each
provided lineage for
Gitlan chiefs. A Nisga'a
family from a
related Laxgibuu (Wolf clan)
House group was
married into the Gitlan. This
matriline included...
-
Ganhada (Raven Clan) form one half.
Gispwudwada (Killer
Whale Clan) and
Laxgibuu (Wolf Clan) form the
other half.
Prior to
European contact,
marriage in...
- Saxsa'axt with 22 members), 1
member of the
Ganhada (Raven), 10
members of the
Laxgibuu (Wolf) (1 house), and 23
members of the
Laxsgiik (Eagle) (1 house). House...
-
including the
House of Niisganaas, with only 2 members), and 18
members of the
Laxgibuu (Wolf) (one house-group). One
holder of the name Niisganaas, and therefore...
- house-group, with no
members during this period, was the
House of Laa'is, of the
Laxgibuu (Wolf) clan.
Frederick Alexcee,
artist Victoria Young,
chieftainess Shannon...
- is
described as a
member of the Gits'iis tribe.
House of
Asagalyaan --
Laxgibuu (Wolf clan)
House of Dago'milsk—Ganhada (Raven)
House of Łüüm—Ganhada (Raven)...
