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The Nuxalk are a Canadian First Nations group living on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada. They speak a Salishan language known as Bella Coola that is isolated from the other Salishan languages of the coast. Subsistence was centered on fishing (primarily salmon), as well as hunting and gathering with some limited trade. Social structure consisted of chiefs, an aristocracy, commoners, and slaves. Nuxalk families are large in size and trace their descent ambilineally to a particular area of Nuxalk territory. Household members supported one another in potlatching and economic pursuits.

Third report on the Indians of British Columbia

The mythology of the Bella Coola Indians

Bella Coola

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Prologue

Privileged knowledge versus public education

Physical and figurative repatriation

The Bella Coola Indians

Sympathetic magic and witchcraft among the Bellacoola

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Boas, Franz	Third report on the Indians of British Columbia	1892
Boas, Franz	The mythology of the Bella Coola Indians	1900
Kennedy, Dorothy I. D.	Bella Coola	1990
Kramer, Jennifer	References	2006
Kramer, Jennifer	Prologue	2006
Kramer, Jennifer	Privileged knowledge versus public education	2006
Kramer, Jennifer	Physical and figurative repatriation	2006
McIlwraith, T. F. (Thomas Forsyth)	The Bella Coola Indians	1948
McIlwraith, T. F. (Thomas Forsyth)	The Bella Coola Indians	1948
Smith, Harlan Ingersoll	Sympathetic magic and witchcraft among the Bellacoola	1925
Solomonian, Adam Arthur	Culture summary	2011

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