Nootka
Americannoun
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Nootkas,
plural
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Nootka
plural
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
Quoted in court were Cook's writing about how the indigenous people he met on Nootka had "such high notions of everything the country produced being their exclusive property".
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 struggle between England and Spain over conflicting rights at Nootka, which at one time threatened war, had been settled with a measure of amicability.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
Among the Nootkas whole tribes lived under one roof.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
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 Sir James George Frazer
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 Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Houses very like these are built by the Ahts or Nootkas, a tribe of Indians inhabiting parts of Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Noah Brooks
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