Nisga'a Day
Nisga'a Day is held on May 11. Celebration of the effective date of the Nisga'a Final Agreement. Nisga'a Nation. This event in the second decade of the month May is annual. 
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The Nisga’a people have lived in the Nass River Valley of Northwestern British Columbia since time immemorial. The Nisga’a once practiced a balanced reliance on hunting, fishing and plant gathering. The Nisga’a are the original occupants of the Nass River Valley of Northwestern British Columbia. As of 2011, 1,909 Nisga’a continue to live on traditional lands in this area. Granted self-government in a landmark case in 2000, the Nisga’a Lisims Government now governs the Nisga’a nation.
As of 2011, 1,909 Nisga’a still live on traditional lands along the Nass in the villages of Gitlaxt’aamiks (formerly New Aiyansh; considered the capital of the Nisga’a nation), Gingolx (formerly Kincolith), Laxgalts’ap (formerly Greenville) and Gitwinksihlkw (formerly Canyon City). Around another 4,500 Nisga’a live in the surrounding urban areas of Terrace, Prince Rupert/Prince Edward and Greater Vancouver, and across North America.
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