Klemtu

Coordinates: 52°35′N 128°32′W / 52.583°N 128.533°W / 52.583; -128.533
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Klemtu, British Columbia

Klemtu is an

fjords of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Kitasoo Indian Reserve No. 1.[1]

The Big House in Klemtu

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

  1. ^ "Klemtu". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ Kynoch Inlet
  3. ^ "Kitasoo". BC Geographical Names.
  4. ^ "Klemtu". BC Geographical Names.

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.

52°35′N 128°32′W / 52.583°N 128.533°W / 52.583; -128.533

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