Overview
The (variously spelled, but often as ) is the name for the Raven "clan" (phratry) in the language of the Tsimshian nation of British Columbia, Canada, and southeast Alaska. It is considered analogous or identical to the G̱anada (Raven/Frog) Tribe of the Nisga'a nation in British Columbia and the Frog clan among B.C.'s Gitxsan nation. The Gitxsan also sometimes use the term Laxsee'le to describe the Frog clan.
Ganhada
The house groups of the among the Nisga’a include: * (People-Where-Water-Runs-Black) Clan: ** House of - Wallace Clark ** House of - Earl Munroe ** House of - Wayne Nisyok * House of - (previously Sidney Alexander) (not to be confused with eagle chieftain name Tx̱aalax̱hatkw) * House of - Earl Stephens * House of - (previously Richard Leeson) * House of - Clifford Morgan (prev. Chester Moore) * House of - (previously Leonard Watts) * House of - (previously Bert Adams, Sr) * House of - Larry Derrick
References
* Barbeau, Marius (1929) Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia. (Anthropological Series 12, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 61.) Ottawa: Canada, Department of Mines. * Barbeau, Marius (1950) Totem Poles. (2 vols.) (Anthropology Series 30, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 119.) Ottawa: National Museum of Canada. Reprinted, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, 1990. * Council of Elders, Ayuuḵhl Nisg̱a'a Department & Nisg̱a'a Lisims Government (2008) Anhluut'ukwsim Saẁinskhl Nisg̱a'a: Nisg̱a'a Feast Procedures & Protocols Gitlax̱t'aamiks, British Columbia