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died in
January 1938, and Robert passed some years before. However, well before Robert Sampson died he adopted his three children into the house; William, Matilda, and Elizabeth. Of this adoption five male heirs were the result, the last of which died in 2002. In 2008 a matrilineal descendant of the house returned to Lax Kw'alaams and the house again has members.
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reported that Albert McMillan held 'Wiiseeks in the 1890s and was thus chief of the
Ginaxangiik. McMillan bequeathed the name to a sister's son, who died in 1935 and was succeeded by his brother, a previous holder of 'Alamlaxha. Garfield added in 1938 that in the previous century the Ginaxangiik
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The one
Ginaxangiik Ganhada house-group in the 1930s was the House of Midiiks. It was headed at the time by Mark Luther, who held the name Midiiks and was a key informant during Garfield's fieldwork. Some of the last living members after Mark Luther were, Robert Sampson, and George Henry, George
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The leadership of the
Ginaxangiik resided once in the hereditary name-title 'Alamlaxha and by the early nineteenth century in the hereditary name Txagaaxs. Later, the name 'Wiiseeks, a name belonging to the same royal
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means literally "people of the hemlock." Their traditional territory includes the watershed of the
Exchamsiks River, a tributary of the Skeena River. Since 1834, they have been based at Lax Kw'alaams, when a
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belonging to this house, representing a shaman, was erected about 1880 and according to
Garfield was "one of the finest carved figures still standing in Port Simpson."
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Charles
Dudoward, hereditary chief, merchant, world-renowned artist, son of Alfred & Kate, uncle of Fred Sr.
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2 vols. (Anthropology Series 30, National Museum of Canada
Bulletin 119.) Ottawa: National Museum of Canada.
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recorded that
Ginaxangiik people in Lax Kw'alaams included 41 members of the
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Garfield has described how in 1929 a holder of the name 'Alamlaxha held a
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Dances with Dependency: Indigenous Success through Self-Reliance.
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Reece, Scott (2002) holder of the title Midiiks of Ginaxangiik.
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80:(Killerwhale clan) (4 house-groups) and 10 members of the
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Garfield, Viola E. (1939) "Tsimshian Clan and Society."
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University of Washington Publications in Anthropology,
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Vancouver: Orca Spirit Publishing and Communications.
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House of 'Liyaa'mlaxha—Gispwudwada (Killerwhale clan)
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