tsimshian
IPA: tsˈɪmʃiʌn
Root Word: Tsimshian
noun
- A member of a Native American people who inhabited the coastal waters of western British Columbia and southeast Alaska.
- The Penutian language of this people.
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Examples of "tsimshian" in Sentences
- Tsimshian means in the entrance to the Ksian .
- Four main Tsimshian clans form the basic phratry.
- They show the Tsimshian at a time of great transition.
- This is the English term for Tsimshian spoken on the coast.
- They are a member of the Tsimshian First Nations treaty council.
- Kitselas is only one of fourteen tribes in the Tsimshian Nation.
- Below is a sample list of some of the many proclitics in Coast Tsimshian.
- Apparently this was the first contact between Europeans and the Tsimshian.
- They are a member government of the Tsimshian First Nations treaty council.
- Kitselas means people of the village at the canyon in the Tsimshian language.