Meanings
- pluralsingularTseshaht First Nation spelling of Tseshaht.
I’m from the c̓išaaʔatḥ First Nation in Port Alberni. I’m a mother, I’m a wife, I’m a grandmother, I’m a sister, and I’m a proud nuučaan̓uɫ-c̓išaaʔatḥ woman.
2024 May 6, “Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth”, in Official Report of Proceedings (Hansard), volume 42, number 31, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025, page 3451 more example
On Tuesday, c̓išaaʔatḥ (Tseshaht) announced the results of the first phase of its investigation into the “school” — affirming what many survivors have long known. After scanning just 12 hectares of the 100-hectare research site, c̓išaaʔatḥ’s team found 17 potential unmarked graves. Through research, the community also confirmed that at least 67 children died while they were students at AIRS.
2023 February 22, “‘They were just children’: c̓išaaʔatḥ confirms potential graves at former Alberni residential ‘school’”, in Indiginews, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025
Origin
- Nootkac̓išaaʔatḥ
- Englishc̓išaaʔatḥ
From Nootka c̓išaaʔatḥ, from c̓išaa + -ʔatḥ (“people of”).
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c̓išaaʔatḥ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/c%CC%93i%C5%A1aa%CA%94at%E1%B8%A5
“c̓išaaʔatḥ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/c%CC%93i%C5%A1aa%CA%94at%E1%B8%A5. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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