• Source: Klemtu

Klemtu is an unincorporated community on Swindle Island in the coastal fjords of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Kitasoo Indian Reserve No. 1.

Klemtu is the home of the Kitasoo tribe of Tsimshians, originally from Kitasu Bay, and the Xai'xais of Kynoch Inlet, extends eastward from Queen Charlotte Sound, approximately at 52.767462°N 128.10688°W / 52.767462; -128.10688. It is adjacent to the Fiordland Conservancy. These two tribes live together as, and are jointly governed by, the Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation. Traditional languages spoken at Klemtu are the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, called Southern Tsimshian, and Xaixais, a dialect 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 the population of Klemtu was 505.




Name origin


An alternate older name for Klemtu is Kitasoo. it was also known as China Hat due to the shape of Cone Island, which protects it from the open water. The name Klemtu is from the Coast Tsimshian language "Klemdoo-oolk," meaning "impassable".




Climate






See also


List of canneries in British Columbia
List of Indian reserves in British Columbia




Notes






References






External links


The Kitasoo/Xai'Xais Nation
An Introduction to Klemtu
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.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Klemtu
• Kayak to Klemtu
• Heiltsuk dialect
• North Coast-Haida Gwaii
• Tsimshian
• Spirit bear
• BC Ferries
• Bella Bella, British Columbia
• Ocean Falls
• Wakashan languages