Kitasoo

English Noun * A member of a particular Tsimshian tribe of Canada. en Gloria Dickie The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous language families, and the genetic variability of bears Hakai Magazine 2021-08-05 https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-language-of-bears/ Along the central coast of British Columbia, grizzly bears go by many names. In the Sgüüx̣s language spoken by the Kitasoo Nation and the Sm’algyax language of the Gitga’at Nation, they are known as medi’ik. And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan. The reasons for such differences of language, new research suggests, may be similar to the reasons that grizzly groups differ genetically in the region. https://web.archive.org/web/20220818160738/https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-language-of-bears/ en Winston Szeto Grizzly territories in B.C. line up with Indigenous language communities, new study suggests w:CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grizzly-bear-territory-indigenous-language-communities-1.6148400 2021-08-22 Henson said her team worked closely with the Nuxalk, Haíɫzaqv, Kitasoo/Xai'xais, Gitga'at and Wuikinuxv First Nations to sample and analyze the DNA. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826012751/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grizzly-bear-territory-indigenous-language-communities-1.6148400