Nootka
Americannoun
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people living in British Columbia and Vancouver Island
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the language of this people, belonging to the Wakashan family
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Etymology
Origin of Nootka
First recorded in 1780–90; possibly from Nootka nu⋅tka⋅ “to circle around,” mistaken by Captain James Cook to be the name of the people or of Nootka Sound
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The parks are planned on Vancouver and Nootka islands within Mowachaht/Muchalaht and Nuchatlaht First Nation territories.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
The Indigenous-led Salmon Parks conservation proposal received a commitment for $15.2 million in funding from the federal government to buy out forestry licenses and stop old-growth logging in selected watersheds around Nootka Sound.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
These ancient trees were among the most unusual pieces of evidence the Nuchatlaht have presented to prove that their people continuously lived on the claim area on Nootka Island.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2023
Both drew inspiration for their work from their study of North American languages such as Nootka, Shawnee and Hopi.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2018
The ship Boston was seized in 1803 by the wily old chief Maquinna at Nootka.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison
The Nootkas of British Columbia regard it as a tiny man, living in the crown of the head.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
The chief of the Nootkas presented Cook with a sea-otter cloak.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
The Arcadians were bears, knew it, and possibly danced a bear dance, as Mandans or Nootkas dance a buffalo dance or a wolf dance.
From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew
It was a union of the Indian tribes of Oregon and Washington, with the Willamettes at the head, against their great hereditary enemies, the Nootkas, the Shoshones, and the Spokanes.
From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Balch, Frederic Homer
According to the Nootkas the soul has the shape of a tiny man; its seat is the crown of the head.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
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