{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} thumb|upright=1.2|At the historic site '''Gitanyow''' is an Indian reserve community of the Gitxsan people, located on the Kitwanga River 8&nbsp;km south of Kitwancool Lake, at the confluence of Kitwancool Creek. The community is located on '''Gitanyow Indian Reserve No. 1'''.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/65795.html BC Names entry "Gitanyow 1 (Indian reserve)"]</ref>

Gitanyow was formerly named '''Kitwancool''' as was the Indian Reserve it is located on. The band government changed its name from the Kitwancool Indian Band to the Gitanyow Band in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.band.gitanyow.com/ |title=Gitanyow Band website |access-date=2013-07-30 |archive-date=2013-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915093029/http://www.band.gitanyow.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1994 the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, the governing body of the band, renamed themselves Sim-Gi-Get'm Gitanyow and asked that localities on the Kitwancool Indian reserve henceforth be identified as Gitanyow.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/41063.html BC Names entry "Gitanyow (community)"]</ref>

The village of about 400 people is a National Historic Site of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kitwankul National Historic Site of Canada|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=0064&oqeName=Kitwankul&oqfName=Kitwankul|work=Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada|publisher=Parks Canada|accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref>

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==See also== *'Ksan *Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site

==External links== *Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs [https://www.gitanyowchiefs.com] *Gitanyow Band Council website [http://www.Gitanyow.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517080808/http://www.gitanyow.com/ |date=2014-05-17 }} *General tourist information [http://www.ourbc.com/travel_bc/bc_cities/yellowhead_hwy/kitwancool.htm] *Gitanyow Historical Village [http://www.stewartcassiarhighway.com/attractions/gitanyow-historical-village]

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Category:Gitxsan Category:Skeena Country Category:National Historic Sites in British Columbia

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