| LC control no. | sh 85092386 |
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| LC classification | E99.N85 |
| Topical heading | Nuu-chah-nulth Indians |
| Variant(s) | Aht Indians Nootka Indians Noutka Indians Nutka Indians Nuuchahnulth Indians |
| See also | Indians of North America--British Columbia Wakashan Indians |
| Found in | Marr, C.J. Wrapped twined baskets of the southern Northwest Coast, c1988: p. 55, etc. (Nuuchahnulth of Vancouver Island, also known as the Nootka or Westcoast peoples) Stonham, J.T. A concise dictionary of the Nuuchahnulth language of Vancouver Island, c2005. Nakayama, T. Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) morphosyntax, 2001. Ethnologue online, 26 April 2010 (Nootka; Region: Southwest British Columbia, Pacific side of Vancouver Island, Nitinat, Nitinat Lake; Alternate names: Nutka, Nuuchahnulth; Dialects: Nitinat: Ditinat, Didinaht, Nitinaht; Classification: Wakashan, Southern) McMillan, A.D. Since the time of the transformers : the ancient heritage of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Ditidaht and Makah, ©1999: p. 3 (three related groups known today as the Nuuchah-nulth, Ditidaht, and Makah, whose historic territories encompass western Vancouver Island and the northwestern portion of the Olympic Peninsula) p. 6 (Although largely rejected by the people to whom it was applied, the name "Nootka" was widely used by anthropologists and others to describe not just the people of Nootka Sound but all the culturally related groups along Vancouver Island's west coast. The Aboriginal languages of the area lacked any such broad collective term, keeping self-designations at the more local level. As a result, the English phrase "the West Coast (or Westcoast) peoples" came into widespread use to encompass all the people formerly known as Nootka. The name "Nuuchah-nulth" is a relatively recent innovation, being formally adopted by the tribal council in 1978, fully 200 years after Cook erroneously used the term "Nootka." Loosely translated, "Nuu-chah-nulth" means "all along the mountains," referring to the mountain chain of central Vancouver Island; To the south, along the storm-lashed coast of the Olympic Peninsula, were the culturally and linguistically related Makah) Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council website, June 17, 2021: home page (Nuu-chah-nulth people) about NTC (Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) is a not-for-profit society that provides a wide variety of services and supports to fourteen Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations with approximately 10,000 members; To promote the betterment, prosperity and well-being of the Nuu-chah-nulth people; To advance Nuu-chah-nulth culture, language, beliefs and way of life) The Canadian encyclopedia, via WWW, June 17, 2021 (Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. When explorer Captain James Cook encountered Nuu-chah-nulth villagers at Yuquot (Nootka Island, west of Vancouver Island) in 1778, he misunderstood the name for their nation to be Nootka, the term historically used to describe the Nuu-chah-nulth. The inlet where Cook first encountered the Nuu-chah-nulth is now known as Nootka Sound. In 1978, the Nuu-chah-nulth chose the collective term Nuu-chah-nulth (nuučaan̓uł, meaning "all along the mountains and sea") to describe the First Nations of western Vancouver Island. In the 2016 census, 4,310 people identified as having Nuu-chah-nulth ancestry, 380 people reported the Nuu-chah-nulth language as their mother tongue; Today, the ha'houlthee of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations stretches approximately 300 km of Vancouver Island's Pacific Coast, from Brooks Peninsula in the north to Point-no-Point in the south, and includes inland regions. There are also currently 14 Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations divided into three regions: the Southern Region (Ditidaht, Huu-ay-aht, Hupacasath, Tse-shaht, Uchucklesaht); the Central Region (Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Toquaht, Ucluelet); and the Northern Region (Ehattesaht, Kyuquot/Checleseht, Mowachat/Muchalaht and Nuchatlaht)) American Museum of Natural History website, June 17, 2021: Northwest Coast Hall > Nuu-chah-nulth (The Nuu-chah-nulth are from the western side of Vancouver Island, comprised of 14 communities with language, family, and cultural affinities, including a traditional practice of whaling. Historical signs in this hall refer to them as "Nootka," a misnomer used by Captain James Cook after his 1778 visit to the area. Population: Approximately 9,500 (as of 2014). Language: Nuu-chah-nulth, three dialects) Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Studies, Simon Fraser University, website, June 17, 2021: Northwest Coast Village Project > Nuu-chah-nulth (Known historically as the Nootka people, a name applied erroneously by the famed British explorer James Cook, the Nuu-chah-nulth's traditional homeland encompasses roughly 400 kilometers of the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, from Cape Cook in the north to Point No Point in the south. The name Nuu-chah-nulth, which means "All Along the Mountains and Sea", was adopted in the late 1970s to encompass all of the groups that identify as Nuu-chah-nulth, something the former title did not accomplish) |
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