THE NISKA LIVE IN NASS RIVER AREA. THEY WERE ONE OF THREE TRIBES CONSITUTING THE CHINMESYAN LINGUISTIC FAMILY. THERE WERE FOUR DIVISIONS IN THIS TRIBE. IN 1902 THEY HAD 850 PEOPLE. THEIR TERRITORY INCLUDED NASS INLET. THEY WERE FISHERS OF EULACHON FISH, AN ANADROMOUS OCEAN FISH. IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR DIET, AND THEY SMOKED THEM AND TRADED THEM WITH OTHER NEIGHBORS. THE FISH HAVE ABOUT 15% OIL AND THE OIL WAS ALSO TRADED. THEY HAD TRADE RELATIONS WITH THE TAIMSHIAN. THEIR MYTHS CENTERED AROUND THE EULACHON FISH.
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