The Ganhada (variously spelled, but often as G̱anhada) is the name for the Raven "clan" (phratry) in the language of the Tsimshian nation of British Columbia, Canada, and southeast Alaska. It is considered analogous or identical to the G̱anada (Raven/Frog) Tribe of the Nisga'a nation in British Columbia and the Frog clan among B.C.'s Gitxsan nation. The Gitxsan also sometimes use the term Laxsee'le to describe the Frog clan.
Nisg̱a'a - G̱anada
The house groups of the G̱anada among the Nisga’a include:
- Git-Wilt'uutskwhl Aks (People-Where-Water-Runs-Black) Clan:
- House of Ax̱dii Wil Luu-G̱ooda - Wallace Clark
- House of Ksim X̱saan - Earl Munroe (Previously Oscar Mercer)
- House of Wil Luu-G̱aamiks Hloḵs - Wayne Nisyok
- House of Tx̱aatḵ'anlax̱hatkw - (previously Sidney Alexander) (not to be confused with eagle chieftain name Tx̱aalax̱hatkw)
- House of Ni’isjoohl - Earl Stephens (previously Horace Stephens)
- House of Ax̱hlaawaals - (previously Richard Leeson)
- House of Haym̓aas - Chester Moore
- House of Laadax̱ - Leonard Watts
- House of Luux̱hoon - Bert Adams, Sr
- House of Ax̱dii'anx̱smax - Larry Derrick
See also
References
- Barbeau, Marius (1929) Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia. (Anthropological Series 12, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 61.) Ottawa: Canada, Department of Mines.
- Barbeau, Marius (1950) Totem Poles. (2 vols.) (Anthropology Series 30, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 119.) Ottawa: National Museum of Canada. Reprinted, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, 1990.
- Council of Elders, Ayuuḵhl Nisg̱a'a Department & Nisg̱a'a Lisims Government (2008) Anhluut'ukwsim Saẁinskhl Nisg̱a'a: Nisg̱a'a Feast Procedures & Protocols Gitlax̱t'aamiks, British Columbia