Moments in history:

• 1950 - first Department of Indian Affairs school opens
• 1960 - St. Andrews, old Anglican church, opens
• 1962 - church burns due to electical problems
• 1974 - B.C. Hydro line comes into the village
• 1975 - Greenville Elementary School opened
• 1984 - William David McKay bridge officially opens
• 1989 - first totem pole raised in Greenville in over 100 years
• 1989 - Nisga'a Tribal Council and the Federal Government sign Framework Agreement
• 1990 - new St. Andrew's church offically opens
• 1991 - new Health Centre opens
• 1992 - new addition to school is completed: name is changed to Laxgalts'ap Elementary School

Laxgalts'ap means "village on village". The village was given this name because it was built on the same site as a much older village that had been deserted many years before.

For many years Laxgalts'ap, was officially known as Greenville. When a post office opened in Laxgalts'ap the government called it the Greenville post office after the name of the missionary, Alfred Eli Green, who lived in Laxgalts'ap at the time. Rev. Green is said to have preferred the name Laxgalts'ap to Greenville. Since that time the official name of the community has returned to Laxgalts'ap. The first villages on this site were built over 500 years ago.