Klemtu, British Columbia

Klemtu, British Columbia

Klemtu is a small village on Swindle Island in the coastal fjords of British Columbia, Canada.

Klemtu is the home of the Kitasoo tribe of Tsimshians, originally from Kitasu Bay, and the Xai'xais of Kynoc Inlet, these two tribal organizations live together as the Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation. The Xai'xais are a subgroup of the Heiltsuk people. Traditional languages spoken at Klemtu are the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, called Southern Tsimshian, and Xaixais. 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.

Current population of Klemtu (2007) is 505.

External links

* [http://www.kitasoo.org/index.html The Kitasoo/Xai'Xais Nation]
* [http://www.centralcoastbc.com/klemtu/intro.asp An Introduction to Klemtu]
* [http://www.klemtutourism.com/ Tourism in Klemtu]
* [http://www.bluebookofboats.com/Cruisingdestinations/Klemtu.htm Klemtu - on the Inside Passage to Alaska]

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.


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