nuučaanuł ḥaw ̓iiḥ ḥaḥuułi are Peopled & Storied Landscapes

Jordan Q

Factsheet

Description

This factsheet is a snapshot of nuučaanułʔatḥ history and ways of being with the land. Situated on the West Coast, nuučaanułʔatḥ territories are the centre of the world and home to various nuučaanułʔatḥ who have unique creation stories, institutions, ḥaw ̓iiḥ (wealthy ones/chiefs), laws, fishing and hunting territories, governments, dialects, village sites, ceremonies, sacred places, foodways, songs and artworks.

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References

  • Carlson, Keith Thor, and Colin Murray Osmond.“Clash at Clayoquot: Manifestations of Colonial and Indigenous Power in Pre-Settler Colonial Canada.” Western Historical Quarterly, no. 2 (2017): 159–88. https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/whx003.

  • FirstVoices. “ƛaʔuuk Iʔatḥ Nuučaanuł.” FirstVoices.com, 2025. https://www.firstvoices.com/tla-o-qui-aht/.

  • Harris, Cole. “Social Power and Cultural Change in Pre-Colonial British Columbia.” BC Studies 115-116, no. 10 (1997): 45–82. https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/download/1723/1771/7108.

  • Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. Nuu-Chah-Nulth Voices, Histories, Objects & Journeys. Edited by Hoover Allan L. Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 2000.

  • Umeek (Richard E. Atleo). Tsawalk: A Nuu-Chah-Nulth Worldview. UBC Press, 2004.

  • ʔuwumyis (Peter S. Webster). As Far as I Know: Reminiscences of an Ahousaht Elder. Campbell River Museum and Archives, 1983.

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