1. The Nootka Indians By Chris Myers & Tiffany Oickle

2. Historical Background  Also known as the Nuu-chah-nulth  Lived along the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada and the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state  Was first applied as a tribal name explorer Captain James Cook.

3. Culture  Each Nootka was ranked in society  were famous for their potlatch ceremonies, in which the host would honor guests with gifts.  were one of the few groups on the Pacific Coast who hunted whales

4. Religious Practices  No worship of a god  Had three main rituals 1.)ensuring good luck in all the numerous extensions that nature has to be coped with by man 2.) rights and privileges 3.) curing of the ill

5. Clothing  When cool out,they wore ceder bark robes  only difference between genre was the women also had an additional bark apron  When cold richer people wore sea otter and bear furs, people of low wealth wore robes made from raccoons, wildcats and other small animals

6. Clothing cont.  When warm, men would only wear ornaments while the women would wear skirts made from cedar bark  They wore cone- shaped hats

7. Housing  40 to 100 feet in length and 30 to 40 feet in width  constructed with removable plank roofing and siding  in fall and spring the homes would often be moved from village to village in the seasonal shifting of residences  in sinter and summer they were occupied and was used for the most important fishing stations

8. Family Life  just after children reached puberty their parents would arranged their marriages  it was also about the alliance between the two families, not just about the two getting married  the boy and his family would make visits to the girls house and try to win her and her family over

9. Family Life Cont.  children were never spanked or slapped, just talked to when bad  childbirth was a very special thing to them  they had a special hut that was just for childbirth were every baby was born

10. Language  They spoke Nuu-Chah-Nulth  It means "along the mountains"  is a Wakashan language of the Northwest Coast

12. References  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/no otka.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/no otka.html  http://www.vancouverisland.com/Regions/towns/?townI D=68 http://www.vancouverisland.com/Regions/towns/?townI D=68  http://www.native-languages.org/nootka.htm http://www.native-languages.org/nootka.htm  http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/mathsci/anth/homepage/parsons /dream.htm http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/mathsci/anth/homepage/parsons /dream.htm

13. References cont. http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://canadianherita ge.org/images/large/10048.jpg&imgrefurl=http://canadianhe ritage.org/reproductions/10048.htm&h=574&w=459&sz=48 &hl=en&start=4&tbnid=tZmRSUo_za- gQM:&tbnh=134&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnoot ka%2Bindians%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3De n%26safe%3Dactive