Gispwudwada

The Gispwudwada or Gisbutwada (variously spelled) is the name for the Killerwhale "clan" (phratry) in the language of the Tsimshian nation of British Columbia, Canada, and southeast Alaska.It is considered analogous or identical to the Gisgahaast (variously spelled; also Gisk'aast) clan in British Columbia's Gitxsan nation and the Gisḵ'ahaast/Gisḵ'aast Tribe of the Nisg̱a'a.Git'mlaxam house-groups among the Tsimshian include the royal House of Ts'ibasaa in the Gitkxaała (Kitkatla) tribe.The Gitnagwinaks (sometimes spelled Nagunaks) trace their migrations southward, to the vicinity of the Kitasoo Tsimshians at Klemtu, British Columbia.The following Gitnagwinaks crests are listed: The Nisga'a no longer rank their chieftains as "head chief" of a tribe.
phratrylanguageTsimshianBritish ColumbiaAlaskaGitxsanNisg̱a'afireweedGrizzly BearSkeena RiverKitkatlaKitasooKlemtuMarius BarbeauWilliam BeynonGitlaanGitwilgyootsFrank CalderTotem PolesGlavin, TerryWalter Wright