Friday, September 16, 2011

KITKSAN INDIANS IN CANADA

THEIR MAIN NAME MEANS PEOPLE OF THE SKEENA RIVER. THEY ARE ONE OF THE THREE GREAT TRIBES OF THE CHIMMESYAN LINGUISTIC FAMILY.

ACCORDING TO THE BARBEAU IN 1929 MANY OF THEIR FAMILIES CAME FROM THE NORTH, FROM ATHAPASKAN. AFTER 1922 THEY WERE INTIMATE WITH ANGLOS. IN 1904 THERE WERE 1100 KITKSAN.

CANADIANGENEOLOGY.NET

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