Tahltan

TAHLTAN is a group of about 2,000 FIRST NATIONS people occupying the area of the STIKINE R and its watershed in the extreme northwest corner of BC. They speak a dialect of ATHABASCAN. The Tahltan arrived in their territory from the east about 300 years ago to take advantage of the rich SALMON resource in the river; along with FISHING, they hunted wild game and gathered food PLANTS. Extensive contact with coastal First Nations led to the adoption of the POTLATCH, a system of clans and other...

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