Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'SGang Gwaay' has mentioned 'Village' in the following places:
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| S'Gxccxb1ang Gwaay LlanagaayNinstintsHaida village of S'Gxccxb1ang Gwaay LlanagaayLocationHaida Gwaii, North Coast of British Columbia, CanadaCoordinates52xc2xb005xe2x80xb256xe2x80xb3N 131xc2xb013xe2x80xb203xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf52.098889xc2xb0N 131.2175xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 52.098889; -131.2175Coordinates: 52xc2xb005xe2x80xb256xe2x80xb3N 131xc2xb013xe2x80xb203xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf52.098889xc2xb0N 131.2175xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 52.098889; -131.2175 National Historic Site of CanadaOfficial nameNan Sdins National Historic Site of CanadaDesignated1981 UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameSGxccxb1ang GwaayTypeCulturalCriteriaiiiDesignated1981 (5th session)Referencexc2xa0no.157State PartyCanadaRegionEurope and North America Location of S'Gxccxb1ang Gwaay Llanagaay in British Columbia | WIKI |
| SGxccxb1ang Gwaay Llanagaay ("Red Cod Island"), commonly known by its English name Ninstints, is a village site of the Haida people and part of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site on Haida Gwaii on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. | WIKI |
| The village site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[1] a National Historic Site of Canada, [2] and a National Marine Conservation site. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Name 2 Village site 3 History 3.1 Post-contact era 4 See also 5 References 6 External links 7 Further reading | WIKI |
| The name of the village site, SGxccxb1ang Gwaay llnagaay, is the Haida name for Anthony Island, where the village is located and means "Red Cod Island. | WIKI |
| "[4] During the late 18th and early 19th centuries the village was referred to as Koyahs or Coyahs, also rendered Quee-ah, after the chief at the time, Koyah. | WIKI |
| The name "Ninstints," also spelled "Nan Sdins," was the name of the most powerful of the village's chiefs in the mid-19th century and came to be used as the village's name as a result of the practice of ship captains referring to villages by the name of the headman or chief at the location. | WIKI |
| Village site[edit] | WIKI |
| The village was the southernmost of Haida villages, located in a sheltered bay on the east side of the island,[6] just west of and facing Kunghit Island, the southernmost island in the archipelago. | WIKI |
| [7] SGxccxb1ang Gwaay llnagaay is the earliest recorded village in the southern archipelago. | WIKI |
| To protect the valuable Haida Heritage Sites, the Haida operate a Watchmen program, stationing Haidas at traditional village sites throughout Haida Gwaii including within Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site. | WIKI |
| Larger Kunghit Haida villages had as many as twelve or more longhouses, each which housed approximately thirty or forty longhouses, with village populations ranging from less than two hundred to more than five hundred. | WIKI |
| At the outset of the maritime fur trade, the village was visited in 1787 by George Dixon, who noted the Haidas who met them at sea were eager to trade with sea otter fur. | WIKI |
| On the island of SGxccxb1ang Gwaay, the remains of large cedar long houses, together with a number of carved mortuary and memorial poles at the village of SGxccxb1ang Gwaay Llnagaay (formerly Nan Sdins), illustrate the art and way of life of the Haida. | UNESCO |
| The village of SGxccxb1ang Gwaay was occupied until shortly after 1880. | UNESCO |
| What survives is unique in the world, a 19th-century Haida village where the ruins of houses and memorial or mortuary poles illustrate the power and artistry of Haida society. | UNESCO |
| The Haida Hereditary Leaders have moral authority over the village sites and are consulted; solutions are based on advice provided by the Haida Hereditary Leaders. | UNESCO |