The Nuu-chah-nulth (/nuːˈtʃɑːnʊlθ/ noo-CHAH-nuulth; Nuučaan̓uł: [nuːt͡ʃaːnˀuɬʔatħ]), also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth...
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Nuu-chah-nulth (nuučaan̓uɫ), a.k.a. Nootka (/ˈnuːtkə/), is a Wakashan language in the Pacific Northwest of North America on the west coast of Vancouver...
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British Columbia, Canada. Nuu-chah-nulth may also refer to: Nuu-chah-nulth language Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Ditidaht, Nitinat people Makah people This...
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British Columbia. The different Nuu-chah-nulth tribes share many aspects of their language and cultural traditions. Nuu-chah-nulth peoples founded an organization...
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Yuułuʔił which means "people of the safe harbour" in the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth language and is the homeland of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ. As of 2021, its population...
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Nootka Sound (category Articles containing Nuu-chah-nulth-language text)
trade. The inlet is part of the traditional territory of the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth people. They call it Mowichat. John R. Jewitt is an Englishman who describes...
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Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations (category Articles containing Nuu-chah-nulth-language text)
The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations (Nuu-chah-nulth: ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ) are a Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation (band government) in Canada. They live on ten reserves...
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List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin (category Articles containing Cree-language text)
Tahltan language Checleset Bay: from the Nuu-chah-nulth language name Cheklesahht, "people of cut on the beach", the local group of Nuu-chah-nulth people...
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Ahousaht First Nation (category Nuu-chah-nulth governments)
encompasses much of Clayoquot Sound. The Ahousaht are a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. It is led by Chief A-in-chut (meaning 'everyone depends...
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Maquinna (category Nuu-chah-nulth people)
transliterated Muquinna, Macuina, Maquilla from m̓ukʷina in Nuu-chah-nulth) was the chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, during the heyday of the...
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Tseshaht First Nation (category Nuu-chah-nulth governments)
British Columbia. They are a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council which includes all other Nuu-chah-nulth-aht peoples except the Pacheedaht First...
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Nootka Island (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
Strathcona Regional District. Europeans named the island after a Nuu-chah-nulth language word meaning "go around, go around". They likely thought the natives...
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Huu-ay-aht First Nations (category Nuu-chah-nulth governments)
Sarita River. The Huu-ay-aht is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and is a member of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society. It completed and ratified its...
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Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations (category Nuu-chah-nulth governments)
Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations are a member nation of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, which spans all Nuu-chah-nulth-aht peoples (incorrectly known as "Nootka")...
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Ehattesaht First Nation (category Nuu-chah-nulth governments)
The Ehattesaht First Nation (Nuu-Chah-nulth: ʔiiḥatisatḥ činax̣int) is a First Nations government covering about 660 km^2 (66,000 hectares) on the West...
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Haietlik (category Articles containing Nuu-chah-nulth-language text)
is a lightning spirit and legendary creature in the mythology of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) people of the Canadian Pacific Northwest Coast. According to...
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Kyuquot (category Nuu-chah-nulth)
Island, British Columbia, Canada. Meaning people of Kayukw in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, it is partly the community of the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht peoples...
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Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation (category Nuu-chah-nulth governments)
British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society and the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. Before 1951, Both the Kyuquot First Nation...
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Some sources spell the name as "Klee Wyck." The name is from the Nuu-chah-nulth language and means "the laughing one," this was also given as a nickname...
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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast (category Pages with Salishan languages IPA)
for British ships seized during the dispute. The Nuu-chah-nulth speak a Southern Wakashan language and are closely related to the Makah and Ditidaht...
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American mink (category Articles containing Nuu-chah-nulth-language text)
Nishnaabemwin: zhaangwesh Nlaka'pamuctsin: c̓əx̣lécn Nuxalk: t'uka Nuu-chah-nulth Ehattesaht: č̕aastumc Tseshaht: č̓aastimc Ojibwe: zhaangweshi Okanagan:...
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dictionary. Nootka may refer to: Nuu-chah-nulth or Nootka, an indigenous people in Canada's Pacific Northwest Nuu-chah-nulth language or Nootka, spoken by the...
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Mandan language Navajo language — A Duolingo course is available. Resources are also available on Memrise. Nisga’a language Nuu-chah-nulth language Nheengatu...
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to the other South Wakashan languages, Makah and the neighboring Nuu-chah-nulth. The number of native Ditidaht speakers dwindled from about thirty in...
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(Nootkan) languages Nuu-chah-nulth (also known as Nuučaan̓uł, Nootka, Nutka, Aht, West Coast, T'aat'aaqsapa, spoken by the Nuu-chah-nulth, 12 different...
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Marktosis (category Nuu-chah-nulth)
Marktosis, also spelled Maaqtusiis in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, is one of the principal settlements of Ahousaht First Nation, located off the west...
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First Nations in Canada (category Articles containing French-language text)
The Nuu-chah-nulth are relations of the Kwakwaka'wakw, the Haisla, and the Ditidaht. The Nuu-chah-nulth language is part of the Wakashan language group...
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Ahousat (category Nuu-chah-nulth)
predominantly composed of Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation people. The settlement is named for the subgroup of the Nuu-chah-nulth people known as Ahousaht First...
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442 Transport and Rescue Squadron (category Articles containing Nuu-chah-nulth-language text)
442 Transport and Rescue Squadron (French: 442e Escadron de transport et de sauvetage) is a Royal Canadian Air Force tactical transport and search and...
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Clayoquot /ˈklækwɒt/ is an anglicization of the Nuu-chah-nulth language name "Tla-o-qui-aht", one of the indigenous tribes of the region so named. It...
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