The Many Names of Laxgalts'ap

Gitxat’in – a pre-contact era name in reference to the lakes on the site; the following story was told by Lazarus Moody, W’iihoon, of Gitxat’in village on the Naas River in 1927. It was interpreted by Charles Barton (P’ahl): "You see, at the time there were three lakes: one behind Gitxat’in; another behind the place where the mission house now stands; and another one below. The name of this particular lake was T’aamkw’ihlts’imt’in. Standing with Daax’ans daughter was the monster of the lake (Hagwil’ook’am ts’imt’ax)."

Gitxat’in – a pre-contact era name in reference to the lakes on the site; the following story was told by Lazarus Moody, W’iihoon, of Gitxat’in village on the Naas River in 1927. It was interpreted by Charles Barton (P’ahl): "You see, at the time there were three lakes: one behind Gitxat’in; another behind the place where the mission house now stands; and another one below. The name of this particular lake was T’aamkw’ihlts’imt’in. Standing with Daax’ans daughter was the monster of the lake (Hagwil’ook’am ts’imt’ax)."

The modern village of Greenville was not established until about 100 years after contact. The name Greenville was named after the 1'st Methodist missionary Rev. Alfred E. Green. Thus, 600 years separate the burial site and modern Greenville, and 500 years separate knowledge from the burial site and "historic" Nisga’a culture."

Researched/written by Alan Moore Email: bonycreek@yahoo.ca