Gitxsan
Quotidian Scenes
an exhibition of photographic anthropology by Karl Frost at the Max Planck Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig April 18 – July 30, 2019 Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig open hours 8:00 – 18:00 These photos and video stills were taken from the network of field sites associated with the Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and […]
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Interview with Sharon Ness (wilp Tsi Basa) and Richard Wright (wilp Luutkudziiwus), Gitxsan
A few words in the Gitxsan language Wilp: ‘House’ – the primary social, political, and economic unit in Gitxsan society. All members are related matrilineally to a female ancestor of the Wilp. Gitxsan inherency, known as Gwalx Yee’insxw, is established by virtue of being a member of a wilp. The majority of Gitxsan rights reside in the wilp. A […]