Haisla

Haisla

The Haisla (also Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islak̕ala, X̌àʔislak̕ala, X̄a’islak’ala, Xaʔislak’ala, Xa'islak'ala) are an indigenous people living at Kitamaat in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their indigenous Haisla language is named after them. The name "Haisla" is derived from the Haisla word "xàʔisla" or "xàʔisəla" " '(those) living at the rivermouth, living downriver'". Along with the neighbouring Wuikinuxv and Heiltsuk people, they were incorrectly known in the past as the Northern Kwakiutl.

Kitimaat Village, the Haisla reserve, is a short 20 minute drive south of the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 90-km (56-mi) fjord that serves as saltwater corridor that connects the community and the town and port of Kitimat, which is the site of the aluminum smelter of Alcan Incorporateed, to the Pacific Ocean. Kitamaat is a Tsimshian name, applied by European explorers who asked their Tsimshian guides for the name of the place; it means "people of the snows" or "place of the snows". TheHaisla name for Kitimaat is C'imo'ca (pronounced tsee-MOTE-sah) which means "snag beach."

The government of the Haisla people is the Haisla Nation. Its offices are located in Kitimaat Village, British Columbia.

Cultural Repatriation

In 2006, the Haisla First Nation repatriated a sacred totem pole from Sweden's Museum of Ethnography, after a lengthy international campaign. [http://www.nanakila.ca/pole.html] Their successful efforts were documented in a film by Aboriginal filmmaker Gil Cardinal, entitled "Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole". [http://www.nfb.ca/enclasse/doclens/visau/index.php?mode=view&filmId=51162&language=english&sort=title&PHPSESSID=02f82393558c096587237b28969ae6fe]

Language

Haisla is a North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language spoken by several hundred people. Haisla is geographically the northernmost Wakashan language. Its nearest Wakashan neighbor is Oowekyala. Haisla is related to the other North Wakashan languages, Oowekyala, Heiltsuk, and Kwak'wala. The Haisla language consists of two dialects, sometimes defined as sublanguages - Kitamaat and Kitlope (also known as Xenaksialak’ala).

External links

* [http://www.haisla.ca www.haisla.ca] Haisla Nation website
* [http://www.nanakila.org www.nanakila.org] Na na kila Institute


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