Editing Nisga'a (section)

==Geography==

Approximately 2,000 people live in the Nass Valley.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Seigel |first1=Rachel |title=Nisgaʼa Nation |date=2018 |publisher=Beech Street Books |isbn=978-1-77308-189-2 |series=Indigenous Communities in Canada |location=Collingwood, Ontario |pages=6–7 |language=en |oclc=1006759814}}</ref> Another 5,000 Nisga’a live elsewhere in Canada, predominantly within the three urban societies noted in the section below.

===Nisgaʼa villages===
The Nisga’a people number about 7,000.<ref name=":0" />{{Better source needed|reason=This is a book for children aged 7-9|date=January 2025}} In British Columbia, the Nisga’a Nation is represented by four villages:

* [[Gitlaxtʼaamiks]] (formerly New Aiyansh) – nearly 800
* [[Gitwinksihlkw]] (formerly Canyon City) – approximately 200
* [[Lax̱g̱altsʼap]] (formerly Greenville) – more than 500
* [[Ging̱olx]] (formerly Kincolith) – almost 400

===Nisgaʼa diaspora===
Many Nisga’a people have moved to cities for their opportunities. Concentrations are found in three urban areas outside traditional Nisga’a territory:

* [[Terrace, British Columbia|Terrace]]
* [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia|Prince Rupert]]/[[Port Edward, British Columbia|Port Edward]]
* [[Vancouver]] – there are approximately 1,500 Nisgaʼa in Vancouver, and others elsewhere in the [[Lower Mainland]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Wawmeesh G. |date=10 Nov 2014 |title=Nisga’a Nation Roils as LNG Deal Progresses |url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2014/11/10/Nisgaa-LNG/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=[[The Tyee]] |language=en}}</ref>