Klemtu
Klemtu is an
fjords of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Kitasoo Indian Reserve No. 1.[1]
Klemtu is the home of the
Heiltsuk language. In religious affiliation, the community is dominated by the United Church of Canada
.
The government of the Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation is a member government of the
Oweekeno-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council
.
The population of Klemtu in 1983 was 269. As of 2007[update] the population of Klemtu was 505.
Name origin
An alternate older name for Klemtu is Kitasoo.Coast Tsimshian language "Klemdoo-oolk," meaning "impassable".[4]
See also
References
External links
Bibliography
- Inglis, Gordon B., et al. (1990) "Tsimshians of British Columbia since 1900." In Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 7: Northwest Coast, pp. 285–293. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.
- Miller, Jay (1981) "Moieties and Cultural Amnesia: Manipulation of Knowledge in a Pacific Northwest Coast Native Community," Arctic Anthropology, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 23–32.
- Miller, Jay (1982) "Tsimshian Moieties and Other Clarifications," Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 148–164.