Editing Nisga'a (section)

{{Short description|Indigenous people in British Columbia}}
{{About|the ethnic group|their language|Nisga'a language}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Nisga'a
| flag =
| image = Nisga'a Lisims Government Building - dedication 01.jpg
| image_caption = Nisga'a community members and officials at the dedication of their new government building in 2000.
| population = 5,495 (2016 census)
| total_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110522&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Responses (4), Residence on or off reserve (3), Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census – 25% Sample Data|publisher=Government of Canada|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|date=25 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>
| popplace = Canada ([[British Columbia]])
| languages = English{{*}}[[Nisga'a language|Nisga'a]]
| related = [[Gitxsan]]
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|root=|person=|people=Nisg̱a'a|language=[[Nisga'a language|Nisqáʔamq]] |country=Nisg̱a'a La̱xyip}}
The '''Nisga’a''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|n|ɪ|s|ɡ|ɑː}}; {{langx|ncg|Nisg̱a’a}} {{IPA|sal|nisqaʔa|}}), formerly spelled '''Nishga''' or '''Niska''',<ref name="gale" /> are an [[Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast|Indigenous people]] in [[British Columbia]], Canada. They reside in the [[Nass River]] valley of northwestern British Columbia. The origin of the term ''Niska'' is uncertain. The spelling ''Nishga'' is used by the Nishga Tribal Council, and some scholars claim that the term means 'people of the Nass River'.<ref name=gale>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYQZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22people+of+the+Nass+River%22 |title=The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes |date=1998 |publisher=Gale |page=388 |isbn=978-0-7876-1085-2 |language=en}}</ref> The name is a reduced form of {{IPA|sal|naːsqaʔ|}}, which is a loan word from Tongass [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]], where it means 'people of the Nass River'.<ref>[[Bruce Rigsby|Rigsby, Bruce]] "Nisga'a Etymology", ms. University of Queensland.</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Unpublished thesis not available via any dissertation database or Google search|date=August 2016}}

The official languages of Nisg̱a’a are the Nisg̱a’a language and English.<ref>{{cite constitution|article=I|section=4|country=Nisg̱a’a Nation|language=Nisg̱a’a|ratified=October 1998|url=https://www.nisgaanation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Constitution-of-the-Nisgaa-Nation-1998-10-01-1.pdf|access-date=November 2, 2024|archive-url=|archive-date=|clause=|website=Nisg̱a’a Lisims Government}}</ref>