• HOUSE OF TXEEMSIM Replica of a Nisga'a longhouse front featuring Txeemsim as Raven (c 1858 - 1863)
• POWER CEREMONIES introduction to the traditional Nisga'a ceremonies and societies that foster spiritual power.
• TRANSFORMATION GALLERY an array of naxnok (spirits) masks and a celebration of the nisga'a performers who brought these spirits to life
• HALAYT GALLERY an awe-inspiring display of items used by Nisga'a shamans to summon, focus, and direct supernatural forces.
• SGAT'IIN'S COLLECTION spiritual tools used by the powerful and pivotal Sim'oogit Israel Sgat'iin in his role as halayt (shaman).
• AYUUK GALLERY a hoolgan (chief's box) opens to revel the regalia and possessions that symbolize the social roles and structures prescribed by Ayuukhl Nisga'a
• COLLECTION DATABASE searchable reference for each and every item on display in the Ancestor's Collection (to come)
• LIVING RIVER GALLERY display of posessions used in Nisga'a daily life in our longhouses, on the land, and along the banks of Lisims, the Nass River

A Treasury of Art and Culture
The entrance to Anhooya’ahl Ga’angigatgum’ , the Ancestors’ Collection, is through a stylized Nisga’a longhouse front featuring Txeemsim as Raven. Txeemsim is the grandson of K’am Ligii Hahlhaahl, the Chief of Heavens. Transformer extraordinaire, Txeemsim has played a central role in Nisga’a culture from the beginning. He brought light to the Nisga’a — along with many other gifts. His journey helped shape the course of the river and the lay of the land.

The role of Txeemsim was well summed up by the late educator and historian Sim’oogit Axdii Wil Luugooda, Bert McKay. “I tell you about Txeemsim,” Bert explained, “because he is the touchstone of our identity, our history. Txeemsim and Nisga’a are one in the same.”

The Ancestors’ Collection is divided into four galleries:

1. TRANSFORMATION GALLERY: a stunning array of naxnok (spirits) masks and a celebration of the Nisga’a performers who brought these spirits to life.
2. HALAYT GALLERY: an awe-inspiring display of items used by Nisga’a shamans to summon, focus, and direct supernatural forces.
3. AYUUK GALLERY: a hoohlgan (chief’s box) opens to reveal the regalia and possessions that symbolize the social roles and structures prescribed by Ayuukhl Nisga’a (Nisga’a laws and customs).
4. LIVING RIVER GALLERY: a display of possessions used in daily life in a Nisga’a longhouse, on the land, or along the banks of Lisims.