The Gwinhuut (meaning literally "refugees") are according to tradition descended from migrations from the Eagle-clan peoples of the Tlingit nation in what is now Alaska. Gwinhuut houses are more numerous than Gitxon ones, and they are related to various Tlingit Eagle groups. All Gitksan Laxsgiik are Gwinhuut, as are most Tsimshian and Nisga'a Laxsgiik houses.
Gwinhuut houses include:
- House of Ligeex, Gispaxlo'ots tribe, Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson)
- House of Lutguts'amti, GitkxaaĊa tribe, Kitkatla
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