The name Gits'iis means literally "people of the seal trap."
Their traditional territory includes the areas around the Khutzeymateen Inlet and Work Channel, between Lax Kw'alaams and Kincolith, B.C.
Since 1834, they have been based at Lax Kw'alaams, when a Hudson's Bay Company fort was established there.
The chieftainship of the Gits'iis resides with the Ganhada (Raven-clan) hereditary name-title Niisyaganaat and the royal house-group (extended matrilineal family) of the same name.
The artist Bill Helin is described as a member of the Gits'iis tribe.