Charles Menzies (anthropologist)
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Charles R. Menzies is a Canadian anthropologist whose ancestry is with the Tsimshian
people (Gitxaala Nation
) of northwestern British Columbia
.
He is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
. His research focuses on the Northwest Coast of North America and on Brittany
, France
.
He is also an enrolled member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Tsimshian
The Tsimshian are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Tsimshian translates to Inside the Skeena River. Their communities are in British Columbia and Alaska, around Terrace and Prince Rupert and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island. There are approximately 10,000...
people (Gitxaala Nation
Gitxaala Nation
The Gitxaala Nation is a First Nations government located at Kitkatla, British Columbia, Canada in that province's North Coast region.-Chief and Councillors:...
) of northwestern British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
.
He is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
. His research focuses on the Northwest Coast of North America and on Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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He is also an enrolled member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.