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Nootkans of Vancouver Island

Handbook of North American Indians. Northwest Coast7Published In 1990 • Pages: 391-411

By: Arima, Eugene Y., Dewhirst, John.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a culture summary of the Nootkans of Vancouver Island from approximately 1770 to 1984, based on secondary source material. Major ethnographic topics discussed in this document deal with tribal components, environment, subsistence, marine hunting, house types, clothing and adornment, social organization, feasts and potlatches, music and art, cosmology, ceremonies, life cycle events, and history.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Geography
Tribe and nation
Fishing
Marine hunting
Community heads
Status, role, and prestige
Visual arts
Marriage
History
Population
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Nuu-chah-nulth
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Northwest Coast and California
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 2009
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1770-1984
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Eugene Arima and John Dewhirst
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Nootka Indians
Nuu-chah-nulth Indians