Gitlakdamix, British Columbia

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Gitlakdamix or New Aiyansh is a Nisga'a village about 100km north of Terrace, in the heart of the Nass River valley. Though it is located in British Columbia, it is also considered the "capital of the Nisga'a Nation." The Nisga'a Lisims Government building, which opened in 2000, is located here. The area is home to 1,200 people and the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. In front of the Nisga'a Elementary/Secondary School stands the Unity totem pole which, raised in 1977, was the first totem pole raised in the Nass Valley since the late 19th century.^[1] Gitlakdamix means "people of the ponds" in the Nisga'a language.^[2]

[edit] External links

• Nisga'a Lisims Government

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "New Aiyansh", Northern BC Tourism Association Website
2. ^ "Gitlakdamiks". Encyclopedia of British Columbia (2000), Harbour Publishing.