Gitanyow is an
Indian reserve community of the
Gitxsan
Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan and Kitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory enco ...
people, located on the
Kitwanga River 8 km south of
Kitwancool Lake, at the confluence of Kitwancool Creek. The community is located on Gitanyow Indian Reserve No. 1.
Gitanyow was formerly named Kitwancool as was the Indian Reserve it is located on. The band government changed its name from the Kitwancool Indian Band to the
Gitanyow Band in 1991. In 1994 the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, the governing body of the band, renamed themselves Sim-Gi-Get'm Gitanyow and asked that localities on the Kitwancool Indian reserve henceforth be identified as Gitanyow.
The village of about 400 people is a
National Historic Site of Canada
National Historic Sites of Canada () are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance. Parks C ...
.
See also
*
'Ksan
*
Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site
External links
*Gitanyow Hereditary Chief
*Gitanyow Band Council websit
*General tourist informatio
*Gitanyow Historical Villag
Notes
Gitxsan
Skeena Country
National Historic Sites in British Columbia
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