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At Hobiyee, if the crescent moon is seen with its edges pointing upward, it foretells an abundant year of salmon, oolichans (saak), berries and various other foods.The months Buxw-laḵs and X̱saak indicate the end of the winter and the emergence of oolichans in the rivers, the first food supply to arrive when winter resources were depleted (buxw means 'to blow about' and laḵs means ...
The Nisga’a calendar revolves around harvesting of foods and goods used. [6] The original year followed the various moons throughout the year. [citation needed] Hobiyee: Like a Spoon (February/March). This is the traditional time to celebrate the new year, also known as Hoobiyee. (Variations of spelling include: Hoobiyee, Hobiiyee, Hoobiiyee)
This is a list of calendars.Included are historical calendars as well as proposed ones. Historical calendars are often grouped into larger categories by cultural sphere or historical period; thus O'Neil (1976) distinguishes the groupings Egyptian calendars (Ancient Egypt), Babylonian calendars (Ancient Mesopotamia), Indian calendars (Hindu and Buddhist traditions of the Indian subcontinent ...
Nisga'a Village Government by-election in Gingolx. [23] June 18: Federal by-election in Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Quebec; Municipal by-election for a council seat in Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador; June 19: Provincial by-election in Cumberland South, Nova Scotia; June 27: By-election in Codette, Saskatchewan, for three councillors and mayor [24]
A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, that is approximately as long as a natural phase cycle of the Moon; the words month and Moon are cognates.The traditional concept of months arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such lunar months ("lunations") are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days, making for roughly 12.37 such months in one Earth year.
School District 92 Nisga'a, British Columbia by-election. School District 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin, British Columbia by-election. January 28: Mackenzie, British Columbia municipal by-election. February 5: Coaticook, Quebec District 1 municipal by-election. February 11: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia Fire Protection District trustee by ...
James Benjamin McCullagh (1854–1921) was an Anglican missionary in British Columbia; he worked under the supervision of the Church Missionary Society, a Protestant body with an evangelical program and practices.
This category is for villages and sites of the Nisga'a Lisims as established by the Nisga'a Treaty. Most were formerly Indian reserves; see Category:Former Indian reserves in British Columbia . Pages in category "Nisga'a villages"