Tsimshian Wil’naat’ał and Society: Historicising Tsimshian Social Organization

• Main Author: James A McDonald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; French
• Published: New Proposals Publishing Society 2017
• Subjects: anthro-se; hist; Indian; Kitsumkalum; Metlakatla; Skeena; Skeena River; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/69e22d9d30254a11990e839749ce79b4

This chapter explores ways that the framework of current social issues has been shaped by the colonial administration of the indigenous people in BC. I argue that the colonial history on the Skeena River has shifted the focus of Tsimshian society from the land owning Houses and lineages of Tsimshian...