Geographic Information
Geographic Information
Thousands of years ago the Tsimshian lived on the upper reaches of the Skeena River near present-day Hazelton BC. However, a series of disasters occurred and some of the Tsimshian, led by a prince, had to migrate away to the coast, where they founded Kitkatla, one the oldest continually inhabited communities on Earth. Later on, other Tsimshian chiefs then migrated down the river and began to occupy all the lands of the lower Skeena valley. Now, the Tsimshian communities are located in multiple places such as: British Columbia and Alaska, around Terrace and Prince Rupert and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island.
Background Information
Over the course of migrating, the Tsimshian established a new dialect and distinctively considered themselves as a population, all while sharing the customs/rights of their kin from the upper Skeena. The approximation of the number of Tsimshian people back then were around 10,000. In 1862, the smallpox epidemic hit the Tsimshian people and annihilated many of them, as well as a few future epidemics. A while later, the head chiefs led the process of assimilation to become what the White colonists are, and so they adopted the culture, religion and language. However, the Tsimishian did go back to their tradition in the 1970s. A century before that, the people requested a settlement, but then later became a reservation in Alaska, under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which still goes on today.
Dear Karisa,
ReplyDeleteYou added a lot of info in briefs, and that is creative. I see you have refs too. I remember we kind of talked about how things you write show on a white strip, which makes it kind of distracting. If you can't do anything about it, forget it, but maybe we can talk about it next week. I wonder why that happens. Your refs, I believe you also told me about it. The "accessed..."could not be added? In any case, let me know where your reflectithis is insightful and very personal, greatly appreciated, but too brief. I would also like you to apply some anthropological reflection based on what you have watched in class, or the readings or lectures. You will also need to fix your references to make them AAA style. Thank your reflective post is. I can't find it. It is a bit confusing to navigate the entire blog. Everything is there, but we need to show more consistency during postings. So as I told Matthew on Thursday, he, Kevin, Justin and you need to meet and coordinate efforts. Final is coming. You are good, but this could be great work if you all show group coordination. I am not sure about Hunter, but you four are good for the PA, now. Thanks
My bad, I meant you, Kevin, and Matthew are good for this PA. I can't find Justin's or Hunter's posts. If you guys can direct me to them, I would be obliged. Thanks
ReplyDeleteNeither of them have posted or responded to the email I sent out early last week (Monday). There is nothing more that I can do to get them to help, unfortunately. Also, I used the style guide you posted on blackboard for my references and am unsure of what I need to do to make them what you are asking for, as I thought I did them correctly. I will keep doing research and add more information throughout the week. Also, I changed the template, which took care of the white highlight issue since the background is now white as well.
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Karisa
Karisa,
ReplyDeleteI am glad your group is moving ahead with this. There are some problems of consistency and things that need to be fixed. I already commented on Mr Miller's post, feel free to read that since it is for all of you.
In term of your posts, they are great and I find it very interesting the language and population issues. For language, try to incorporate some of what we talked about in class. Some of the film WE STILL LIVE HERE, which might be very relevant to this because of the small number of people here. If you can add it to your posts, that will be awesome. For tonight, just worry about your presentation, and after class tomorrow, I will double check in the evening for my final evals. Keep up the good work and you all will do awesome tomorrow. I am sure of it. Thanks for the responsible work this semester.
It was very interesting how their name is directly related to where they come from. I was unaware that tribes commonly named themselves based upon their history. In the future, I plan to research a little bit more on the groups similar to the Tsimshian to see how similar they are, since they come from the same place and broke out into their own smaller groups.
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