a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia

a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian people

The Tsimshian (usually pronounced in English SIM-shee-an), translated as "People Inside the Skeena River," are a Native American and First Nation people who live around Terrace and Prince Rupert, on the north coast of British Columbia and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island. Currently there are about 10,000 Tsimshians, of which about 1,300 live in Alaska.