| When it got wet
both men and woman wore hats and capes. The capes were
made of cedar bark and were much wider at the bottom then
at the top. Because the capes came down just below the
elbows people wearing them had free use of their arms. Although the cedar bark that Nisga'a used for clothing was treated to make it soft, the nickband of these cedar bark capes was often trimmed with fur to make the caps even more comfortable at the neck. The capes were held up by two wide sholders straps. Although they shed most rain they were not completly waterproof. Hats were made of spruce root and were called gaydim wist ( gaydim- hat of ; wist- root). THey had wide brims to help keep off the rain. The hats often had crest designs painted or woven into them. Winter Rains When weather in the nass Valley became cold and rainy, Nisga'a likes to wear clothes made fom seal or sea lion skins are more waterproof then other kind of fur. If Nisga'a needed to waterproof other kinds of leather they rubbed them with oolichan grease, or mountain goat or bear fat. Nisga'a somtimeswore long socks made from mountain goat wool. Because the socks were wool they did not have to be taken off and dried when they got wet. |
See a slide show of ancient Nisga'a artifacts.
Nisga'a Treaty - This is where you can get the Nisga'a Treaty documentation.
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