Wet'suwet'en

WET'SUWET'EN ( ) are a FIRST NATIONS people occupying the drainage of the BULKLEY R from about BURNS LAKE west to the SKEENA R. They are an ATHABASCAN-speaking people, closely related to their DAKELH (Carrier) neighbours to the east and north and to the GITKSAN of the Skeena Valley. They have been called Carrier due to a traditional custom: a widow carried a bag containing the ashes of her dead husband for a year following his cremation. The Wet'suwet'en divide themselves into 5 matrilineal...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.