Resources
Printed, audio and visual resources crucial to the preservation of Nisg̱a’a language and culture are available on this site.
Not all resources are available digitally. For more information about these resources, and how to access them, contact the Nisg̱a’a Language and Culture directorate.
The wealth of audio/visual materials developed for the preservation of Nisg̱a’a language and culture continues to grow. Check back often!
Featured Resources
Gwiix Hlooḵhl Hagwiĺooḵ’at (Book)
Hard Workers are Early Risers. Includes audio recording of Nisg̱a’a content and translation to English.
This Land
According to the Nishga Indians of northern British Columbia, white people have no right to sing This Land Is Our Land. How and why that right is being challenged is well documented in this film. DVD.
The Struggle of BC’s Nisg̱a’a
This 1978 documentary Nisg̱a’a : A Struggle for Survival, recounts the tumultuous history of the Nisg̱a'a, its ongoing land claim contest and a triumphant moment as it finally revives a cultural tradition unseen in over a century.
Resource Gallery
Transportation
Ts'ak learns the Nisga'a words for various ways to get around.
Am’ugit
Ts'ak learns the names of articles of clothing.
Sim’oogit Hayduk
Ts'ak & K'eexkw teach Nisga'a vowels and animals through song
Feelings
We learn the Nisga'a words for personal feelings, and Ts'ak sings "If you're happy and you know it" in Nisga'a.
Communication
Ts'ak asks his jiits about the Nisg̱a’a words for various ways to communicate.
Belonging: A Nisg̱a’a journey home
CBC's Indigenous Affairs reporter Wawmeesh Hamilton got a unique opportunity to follow a group of people participating in a unique program run by Nisg̱a’a First Nation. Wawmeesh spent a week with them to find out what it's like for urban Indigenous people to reconnect with their traditional homelands.
Interview with James Gosnell and Nelson Leeson – Nisg̱a’a Tribal Council 1980
Jack Webster interviews: James Gosnell, President of the Nisg̱a’a Tribal Council and Nelson Leeson, Executive Coordinator of the Nisg̱a’a Tribal Council.
Nations Rising – A Nisg̱a’a Story
Nations Rising is a documentary chronicling the Nisg̱a’a Nation’s remarkable journey toward economic sovereignty and the historic creation of Nations Royalty Corp. — Canada’s first and largest majority Indigenous-owned public company.
Through interviews with Nisga’a leaders and company executives, this film reveals how Indigenous collaboration, self-determination, and innovation are transforming the future of natural resource development. Learn how Nations Royalty is working to keep Indigenous wealth in Indigenous hands, creating intergenerational prosperity through mining royalty agreements and equitable participation in capital markets.
Nisg̱a’a Lands
Panoramic beauty, wildlife, and Nisg̱a’a culture.
Pulling Together Series: Ayuuḵhl Nisg̱a’a A Common Bowl
A chronology of the Nisga’a negotiations and how Nisga’a Ayuuk remains intact. Running time 26:08. A production of BC Hydro Aboriginal Relations Department.
People Salmon Movie
The Importance of the Land – Learning from Indigenous Cultures
This powerful conversation features four guests from the Nisg̱a’a Nation and the Nisg̱a’a School District: Sayt Gibuu (Lydia Stephens) - Nisg̱a’a Lisims Language and Culture Program Manager, Luu-MisMaakskw (Esther Adams) - Nisga’a Lisims Director of Language and Culture, Galksi-De'entkw (Peter McKay) - District Principal Indigenous Education, and Jill Jensen - Superintendent. Highlights from the episode include: an opening from Peter; examining the importance of the land and how it is incorporated into the student experience; how language and culture can become focal points of the education system; the delicate balance of indigenous education and ministry requirements; what other systems and districts can learn from Nisga'a; and a lightning round heavily focused on nature.
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