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The claim covers provincial Crown land that contains Nuchatlitz Provincial Park at the northwest tip of the island, as well as lands granted as private forest tenures to companies such as Western Forest Products.īand officials say a win would have enormous implications for the tribe, based at Oclucje, about a 20-minute drive west of Zeballos. “I have absolutely no doubt that we will win because we believe in who we are,” says Archie Little, House speaker for the Nuchatlaht Tribe, which has about 150 members. There is also considerable variation in the style and the narrative quality of the historical accounts.Representatives of a small First Nation say they’re feeling confident as they prepare for Monday’s court case seeking Indigenous title to 200 square kilometres on Nootka Island, off Vancouver Island’s rugged west coast. At times, ambiguous references to persons and to acts make it impossible for even the specialist to fit the details into an intelligible social context or into the total scheme of events. A t the other extreme are the elliptical accounts of rituals and ceremonies which presume an acquaintance with Nootkan esoterica. These presentations are informative and rather readily understood, even by the reader with little knowledge of Northwest Coast culture. At one end of the spectrum of intelligibility are the speeches, the description of the annual round of village activities, and the stories of raids and battles. The level of communication shifts from text to text. 2-31, There are 35 texts in the present issue, covering a wide range of activities under the general headings of “Outlines,” “The Wolf Ritual,” “Marriage,” “Divers Feasts and Speeches,” and “Warfare.” Some items, such as the speeches, are quite short others, such as the account of Alex Thomas’ marriage, are lengthy and contain a variety of cultural data. The Nootka, paragraph by paragraph, but not necessarily sentence for sentence” (PP. There is also considerable variation in the style and the narrative quality of the historical accounts.

Roberts and Morris Swadesh ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Songs of the Nootka Indians of Western Vancouver Island.

ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Songs of the Nootka Indians of Western Vancouver Island.