Ts'msyen Traditional Governance
La̱xyuubm Ts'msyen. Accessed from Ts'msyen Sm'algyax Language Authority.
- Ayaawx (Ts'msyen ancestral law): The power of transformationBy Patricia June Vickers.
"The Ayaawx is the ancient law of Ts’msyen people situated on the northwest coast of British Columbia. With principles for spiritual, social, political and economic relations, the Ayaawx has been taught both directly and indirectly in daily and ceremonial living for centuries."
- Adawag̲a g̲ant wilaaytga gyetga suwildook = Rituals of respect and the sea otter hunt byCall Number: BDA R44 1992Publication Date: 1992
- Rematriation: Ts'msyen Law, Rights of Relationality, and Protocols of Return byPublication Date: 2022"Drawing from auto-ethnographic and community-based research with, by, and for Ts'msyen from Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada, I focus on the nuances and active qualities of Ts'msyen rematriation. Analysis of examples of Ts'msyen feasting laws, rights frameworks in the Lax Kxeen Ts'msyen dance group, and protocols in return ceremonies between Indigenous nations on the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada, illustrates what rematriation is, what it wants, what it takes, and what it does."
- Tsimshian Wil’naat’ał and Society: Historicising Tsimshian Social Organization byPublication Date: 2017
Other resources
- Ts'msyen Sm'algyax Stories and LawFeatures written and spoken Ts'msyen stories which encode history, protocol and law.
Film and Video
"Director Mirjam Leuze’s The Whale and the Raven illuminates the many issues that have drawn whale researchers, the Gitga’at First Nation, and the Government of British Columbia into a complex conflict. As the people in the Great Bear Rainforest struggle to protect their territory against the pressure and promise of the gas industry, caught in between are the countless beings that call this place home."