c̓išaaʔatḥ

From Nootka c̓išaaʔatḥ, from c̓išaa +‎ -ʔatḥ (“people of”).

c̓išaaʔatḥ sg or pl

1. Tseshaht First Nation spelling of Tseshaht.
   • 2024 May 6, “Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth”, in Official Report of Proceedings (Hansard)‎^[2], volume 42, number 31, archived from the original on 12 September 2025, page 345:

     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.

   • 2023 February 22, “‘They were just children’: c̓išaaʔatḥ confirms potential graves at former Alberni residential ‘school’”, in Indiginews‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 September 2025:

     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.

• c̓išaatḥ

From c̓išaa +‎ -ʔatḥ.

c̓išaaʔatḥ

1. Tseshaht people^[1]