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Mythologies of the Gitxsan Tribe

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Gitxsan  (also spelled  Gitksan ) are an  Indigenous people  in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the  Skeena Country  in English ( Git : means "people of" and  Xsan : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approximately  35,000   km 2  (14,000   sq   mi)  of land, from the basin of the upper  Skeena River  from about Legate Creek to the Skeena's headwaters and its surrounding tributaries.  Part of the  Tsimshianic language group , their culture is considered to be part of the civilization of the  Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast , although their territory lies in the  Interior  rather than on the  Coast . They were at one time also known as the  Interior Tsimshian , a term which also included the  Nisga'a , the Gitxsan's neighbours to the north. Their neighbours to the west are the  Tsimshian  (a.k...