Gitanyow is an Indian reserve community of the

Gitxsan 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 (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approxim ...

people, located on the

Kitwanga River The Kitwanga River is a tributary of the Skeena River near Hazelton in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, joining that stream at the community of Kitwanga (Gitwangak), which means "people of the place of rabbits". The river is approximately ...

8 km south of

Kitwancool Lake Gitanyow is an Indian reserve community of the Gitxsan people, located on the Kitwanga River 8 km south of Kitwancool Lake, at the confluence of Kitwancool Creek. The community is located on Gitanyow Indian Reserve No. 1. Gitanyow was for ...

, at the confluence of Kitwancool Creek. The community is located on Gitanyow Indian Reserve No. 1. Gitanyow was formerly named Kitwancool as was the Indian Reserve it is located on. The band government changed its name from the Kitwancool Indian Band to the

Gitanyow Band The Gitanyow First Nation are a First Nation based northeast of Terrace in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. They are part of the Gitxsan people. Chief and Councillors Treaty Process They are in Stage 4 of the BC Treaty Process The Bri ...

in 1991. In 1994 the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, the governing body of the band, renamed themselves Sim-Gi-Get'm Gitanyow and asked that localities on the Kitwancool Indian reserve henceforth be identified as Gitanyow. The village of about 400 people is a

National Historic Site of Canada National Historic Sites of Canada (french: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of t ...

External links

*Gitanyow Hereditary Chief

*Gitanyow Band Council websit

*General tourist informatio

*Gitanyow Historical Villag

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Gitxsan Skeena Country Heritage sites in British Columbia National Historic Sites in British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub

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