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=== Nisga'a calendar === The [[Nisga'a]] calendar coincides with the Gregorian calendar with each month referring to the type of harvesting that is done during the month.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Turner |first1=Nancy J. |last2=Reid |first2=Andrea J. |date=2022 |title="When the Wild Roses Bloom": Indigenous Knowledge and Environmental Change in Northwestern North America |journal=GeoHealth |language=en |volume=6 |issue=11 |pages=e2022GH000612 |doi=10.1029/2022GH000612 |issn=2471-1403 |pmc=9665002 |pmid=36398276|bibcode=2022GHeal...6..612T }}</ref> #K'aliiyee = Going North β referring to the Sun returning to its usual place in the sky #Buxwlaks = Needles Blowing About β February is usually a very windy month in the Nass River Valley #Xsaak = To Eat Oolichans β Oolichans are harvested during this month #Mmaal = Canoes β The river has defrosted, hence canoes are used once more #Yansa'alt = Leaves are Blooming β Warm weather has arrived and leaves on the trees begin to bloom #Miso'o = Sockeye β majority of Sockeye Salmon runs begin this month #Maa'y = Berries β berry picking season #Wii Hoon = Great Salmon β referring to the abundance of Salmon that are now running #Genuugwwikw = Trail of the Marmot β Marmots, Ermines and animals as such are hunted #Xlaaxw = To Eat Trout β trout are mostly eaten this time of year #Gwilatkw = To Blanket β The earth is "blanketed" with snow #Luut'aa = Sit In β the Sun "sits" in one spot for a period of time
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