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Nass River

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Nass River  (ns)
A river of western British Columbia, Canada, flowing about 380 km (236 mi) southwest through the Coast Mountains to the Pacific Ocean north of Prince Rupert.


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It notes, Laxyuubm Ts'myseen, the land of the Tsimshian, encompasses the Skeena River watershed of British Columbia from the Pacific Ocean east to the Skeena Mountains, and the coastal lands and offshore islands from the Nass River south to Douglas Channel.
Wearing an ornamented native blanket presented to him 20 years ago when he was made honorary chief of the Nisga'a of the Nass River Valley in British Columbia, the archbishop was drummed from the back of the church to the chancel by three aboriginal women.
Here's what the Nisga'a people of northwestern British Columbia say about the Nass River Valley in which they live: "We eat the roots of one type of plant, and leaves of another.
 
 
 
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