Nisga'a
The Nisga’a /ˈnɪsɡɑː/, often formerly spelled Nishga and spelled in the Nisga’a language as Nisg̱a’a (pronounced [nisqaʔ]), are an Indigenous people of Canada in British Columbia. They reside in the Nass River valley of northwestern British Columbia. The name is a reduced form of [naːsqaʔ], which is a loan from Tongass Tlingit, where it means "people of the Nass River".
Nisga’a culture
Society
Nisga’a society is organized into four tribes:
Each tribe is further sub-divided into house groups – extended families with same origins. Some houses are grouped together into clans – grouping of Houses with same ancestors. Example:
- Gitwilnaak’il Clan (People Separated but of One)
- House of Duuḵ
- House of K’eex̱kw
- House of Gwingyoo
- House of Duuḵ
- House of K’eex̱kw
- House of Gwingyoo
Food
The Nisga’a harvested "beach food" all year round. This would include razor clams, mussels, oysters, limpets, scallops, abalone, fish, seaweed and other seafood that could be harvested from the shore. Eating too much beach food was believed to make you sick. However salmon, cod, char, pike, trout and other fresh water fish were harvested in the streams. Men went out in oceangoing canoes to hunt seals, whales, fish and sea otters. The blubber was often traded with other tribes as well as fish oil. Mountain goat, marmot, game birds and more were hunted in the forests. The meat was roasted or boiled. Fish and sea mammals flesh was eaten frozen, boiled or roasted. The heads of a type of cod which were half eaten by sharks were boiled into a soup which kept colds at bay. Dried fish, seal oil, fish oil, blubber and cedar were traded with inland tribes.
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ALBUMS
- Songs From the Holy Mountain released: 2008
- Serious Joke released: 2002
- The Sacred Art of Dub released: 1998
- Dub Plate Selection, Volume 2 released: 1998
- Almighty Jah released: 1988
Songs From the Holy Mountain
Released 2008- Whole Worlds Gone Mad
- Perilous Time
- Watching Over I
- Chant Away
- To Know and Not to Believe
- Friend or Enemy
- Heathen Rage
- Writing on the Wall
- Songs From the Holy Mountain
- Hail the Dub
- Only Sane Dub
- Dub of Creation
- Watching Over Dub
- Chanting Dub
- Free at Last Dub
- Friendly Dub
- Dub Meditation
- Crying Dub
- Pure Dub
- Hail the Dub
The Sacred Art of Dub
Released 1998- Prowling Lion (The Disciplines remix)
- Philosophers Stone (Stepping Up by Alpha & Omega remix)
- Philosophers Dub (Three of Life by Alpha & Omega remix)
- Dancing on a Rainbow (Dancing on a Rainbow by the Disciples remix)
- Seven Colours of Dub (Rainbow Dub by Disciples remix)
- Elixir (Rastafari by Alpha & Omega remix)
- No Peace in the City (City of Dub by Alpha & Omega remix)
- Many Stories to Be Told (Promised Land by Alpha & Omega remix)
- Book of Dub (Night and Day by Night and Day remix)
- Poor Mans Prayer (Poor Mans Prayer by the Disciples remix)
- Poor Mans Dub (The Disciples remix)
- The Oracle (Jerusalem by Alpha & Omega remix)
- The Tabernacle (City of Dub by Alpha & Omega remix)
- Roaring Lion (Prowling Lion by the Disciples remix)
Almighty Jah
Released 1988- Almighty Jah
- Hand to the Wheel
- Dub Can Reveal
- Honest Opinion
- David and Goliath
- Rasta Is Merciful
- Merciful Vision
- Africa Is Calling
- Banks of the Nile
- Sheba's Journey
- Pure and Clean (remix)
- California v. Powell (remix)
- Justice Has to Be Seen (remix)
- Yemenite Chant (remix)
- Alpha and Omega
- Liberate the Nation
- Only in Yourself
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by Spragga Benz
No Check
by: Spragga BenzWell, in comes the thing call
Rudebwoy nuh tek nuh check at all
One mistake and pon di ground yu head will fall
Spragga Benz pon di endz again, yeah
A nuh joke mi mek
Rudebwoy don't tek nuh check
One mistake can mean yu owna death, inna yu head
Just one shot you haffi get
And yu end up down a madden
So rudebwoy tek mi talk
And always watch how you walk
Badness ain't no stroll in the park, yu wi dead
Nedda man will lock off yu heart
And yu lay down inna coffin
So mi tell yu
No, don't be slack, don?t relax, get set to move
Always ready on yu P's and yu Q's
Seek a fence, tek di fence, don't watch di bruise
Just thank God a nuh yu life that yu lose
Pop it out, squeeze it off, while you a move
Don't be no target fi a next man a use
Don't get panic and act like nuh stooge
Tighten yu belt an lace up yu shoes and
Rudebwoy don't tek nuh check
One mistake could a mean yu owna death, inna yu head
Just one shot you haffi get
And yu end up down a madden
So rudebwoy tek mi talk
And always watch how you walk
Badness ain't no stroll ina the park, yu wi dead
Nedda man will lock off yu heart
And yu lay down inna coffin
If yu deh pon yu base or deh pon di border line
Have eyes inna yu head back all di time
Make sure seh yu alert, anything touch yu turf
Mek sure seh yu see them first
And if things a gwaan, don't get left behind
And don't be the fool with yu KG-9
'Cause one wrong move will mek yu skull burst
And yu lie down ina di hearse, a nuh joke mi mek
Rudebwoy don't tek nuh check
One mistake could a mean yu owna death, inna yu head
Just one shot you haffi get
And yu end up down a madden
So rudebwoy tek mi talk
And always watch how you walk
Badness ain't no stroll in the park, yu wi dead
Nedda man will lock off yu heart
And yu lay down inna coffin
[Incomprehensible]
Watch every light weh approach an a cruise
Rat patrol always travel inna two's
Try don't stand up fi a next man a move
Skin, flesh and bone is not bulletproof
Gunshot nuh talk, it no beg no excuse
Kill anybody, it nah pick and choose
Anyhow yu slip, man will lick out yu fuse
Pronounce you dead pon six o'clock news so
Rudebwoy don't tek nuh check
One mistake could a mean yu owna death, inna yu head
Just one shot you haffi get
An yu end up down a madden
So rudebwoy tek mi talk
And always watch how you walk
Badness ain't no stroll in the park, yu wi dead
Nedda man will lock off yu heart
And yu lay down inna coffin
So rudebwoy will tell yu
Don't relax, don't be slack, get set to move
Always ready on yu P's and yu Q's
Seek a fence, tek di fence, Don't watch di bruise
Just thank God a nuh yu life that yu lose
Pop it out, squeeze it off, while you a move
Don't be no target fi a next man a use
Don't get panic and act like nuh stooge
Tighten yu belt an lace up yu shoes and
Rudebwoy don't tek nuh check
One mistake can mean yu owna death, inna yu head
Just one shot you haffi get
An yu end up down a madden
So rudebwoy tek mi talk
And always watch how you walk
Badness ain't no stroll in the park, yu wi dead
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