FDI - Nootka

The Nootka were a large maritime language group located on the west coast of Vancouver Island from Cape Cook on the north to south of Port San Juan. They had numerous conflicts with the Whites as well as within their own tribes as a result disputes over White trade. Conflicts with Whites included attacks on trading ships on three separate occasions. They suffered population losses from European introduced diseases. They remain today in their aboriginal territories.

Aboriginal Locations (Villages)

BC Ahousaht, Chaicclesaht, Clayoquot, Ehatisaht, Ekoolthaht, Hachaaht, Hesquiat, Kelsemaht, Klahosaht, Kwoneatshatka, Kyuquot, Manosaht, Mooachaht, Muchalat, Nitinat, Nuchalitz, Oiaht, Opitchesaht, Pacheenaht, Seshart, Toquart, Uchucklesit, Uclulet

Present Locations

BC Ahousaht Indian Band, Ahousaht

Hesquiaht Indian Band, Tofino

Kyuquot Indian Band, Kyuquot

Mowachaht, Gold River

Nuchatlaht Indian Band, Tahsis

Ohiaht Indian Band , Bamfield

Opetchesaht Indian Band, Port Alberni

Pacheenaht Indian Band, Port Renfrew

Sheshaht Indian Band, Port Alberni

Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Indian Band, Tofino

Toquaht Indian Band, Ucluelet

Uchucklesaht Indian Band, Port Alberni

Ucluelet Indian Band, Port Alberni

Year	*History*
1592	Visited by Juan de Fuca
1640	Visited by Fuentes
1774	Ensign Juan Perez anchored at Nootka Sound
1778	Prolonged visit by Capt. Cook
1786	Visited by British vessels under Capts. Hanna, Portlock, and Dixon; thereafter trading began
1789	Spanish military post at Yuquot for six years
1790	Fur trade created huge wealth for some resulting in intense internal warfare; venereal diseases rampant
1792	Visited by George Vancouver
1803	Ship Boston out of New England attacked by Nootkas, all but 2 killed
1811	Ship Tonquin captured by Clayoquot band
1824	Smallpox epidemic
1843	Victoria settlement founded
1850	Began dogfish oil production
1864	Ahousaht band captured trading sloop Kingfisher, killed crew, 15 of band killed in retaliation
1875	Catholic mission established at Hesquait

Year	BC Population	Source
1700	6,000	NAHDB calculation
1780	6,000	Mooney estimate
1800	6,500	NAHDB calculation
1835	7,500	Duff
1860	5,514	Sproat
1881	3,613	Dominion of Canada
1898	2,636	Dominion of Canada
1900	2,500	NAHDB calculation
1908	2,093	Dominion of Canada
1924	1,459	Dominion of Canada
1934	1,662	Dominion of Canada
1944	1,680	Dominion of Canada
1959	2,501	CDIA
1977	4,071	CDIA
1984	4,721	CDIA
2000	5,500	NAHDB calculation
2005	5,775	Indian Life Online

Nootka Tribes Sites:

Ahousaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca24.php

British Explorer James Cook ... http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5035

Cove Point http://www.fauntleroy.net/covepark/maincove.htm

Curtis Photos http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/portfolio%20index/portfolio11.html

Ditidaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca23.php

Earthquake of Enormous Magnitude ... http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5098

Encountering Native Americans http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/native1.htm

First British Ship on the NW Coast http://www.hallman.org/indian/cook.html

Hesquiaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca24.php

History of the Northwest Coast http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html

Kyuquot Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/pro_bca1.php

Malaspina and Maquinna http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/500-599/nb509.htm

Mowachah - Muchalaht First Nation http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/portfolio%20index/portfolio11.html

Mowachaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/pro_bc92.php

Muchalat Harry http://www.bigfootencounters.com/classics/muchalat.htm

Nootka http://www.ontalink.com/native_americans/nootka.html

Nootka http://www.nativeamericans.com/Nootka.htm

Nootka Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t205

Nootka Basket http://www.simplybaskets.com/Large_Makah_Nootka_Indian_Trinket_Basket.html

Nootka Indian House http://www.canadianheritage.org/reproductions/10265.htm

Nootka Language http://www.native-languages.org/nootka.htm

Nootka Language http://www.languagegeek.com/wakashan/nuuchahnulth.html

Nootka Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=noo

Nootka Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=noo

Nootka Photos http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/indians/photos/ct11.html

Nootka Toys http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/stones/toys/E11766.htm

Nuchatlaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/pro_bca2.php

Nuu-Cha-Nulth http://www.nuuchahnulth.org/

Nuu-Cha-Nulth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuu-chah-nulth

Nuu-Cha-Nulth Language http://www.ydli.org/langs/nuuchanulth.htm

Ohiaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca26.php

Opetchesaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca27.php

Pacheenaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca23.php

Pacific Northwest Coastal Indians (for Kids) http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/NWIndianlife.html

Potlatch Festivals http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/500-599/nb509.htm

Sheshaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca28.php

Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca23.php

Toquaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca29.php

Uchucklesaht Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca30.php

Ucluelet Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca31.php

Wakash Indians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15525c.htm

*Ethnie:*	NOOTKA (NUU-CHA-NULTH)
*Language:*	Nootka (Nuu-Chah-Nulth)
*Family:*	Southern Wakashan
*Stock:*	Wakashan
*Phylum:*	Wakashan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern