nuučaan̓uuɫɁatḥ nism̓a
nuučaan̓uuɫɁatḥ nism̓a (land).
Books
Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview by Call Number: BF A85 T73 2004ISBN: 0774810858Publication Date: 2004
Spirits of our whaling ancestors : revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth traditions by Call Number: BF C68 S65 2010ISBN: 9780295990460Publication Date: 2010- Family origin histories : the whaling Indians : West Coast legends and stories byPublication Date: 2009
A drum in one hand, a sockeye in the other: stories of indigenous food sovereignty from the Northwest Coast by Call Number: SN C67 D78 2022ISBN: 9780295749518Publication Date: 2022- A journal kept at Nootka Sound byCall Number: OnlinePublication Date: 1807The journal of John R. Jewitt, an armourer aboard the American fur-trading ship the Boston. After violating Nuu-chah-nulth law, the ship was attacked in 1803, and Jewitt and one other man taken prisoner by the Mowachaht of Yuquot. The journal is an account of Nuu-chah-nulth society through the eyes of a Euro-American.
- Voices of the elders: Huu-ay-aht histories and legends byCall Number: BF B75 V65 2013Publication Date: 2013
- Living on the edge : Nuu-Chah-Nulth history from an Ahousaht chief's perspective byCall Number: BF G46 L58 2003Publication Date: 2003
Nuu-chah-nulth voices, histories, objects & journeys by Call Number: BF H66 N88 2000ISBN: 0771895488Publication Date: 2000
Theses & Articles
- wałšiʔałin ʔuuʔaałuk̓i ḥaḥuułi: Coming home to take care of the territory: a project of (re)connecting with traditional lands, waters, knowledge, and identityBy Tommy Happynook, 2022. "Written from a nuučaan̓uł perspective this dissertation documents the reclamation of knowledge, teachings, culture, language, responsibilities, and identity through my personal (re)connection to my family’s ḥaḥuułi and hereditary home, čaačaac̓iiʕa."
- Tla-o-qui-aht Nation Building Strategy: Ha'wiih and Ma'uas (Chiefs and Houses)By Marc Masso, 2017.
- Producing Place and Declaring Rights Through Thliitsapilthim (Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations’ Ceremonial Curtains)By Denise Nicole Green. "Thliitsapilthim (designed ceremonial partitions) are textiles used by Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations families to display their crests, which declare rights, responsibilities, and prestige. These large painted murals adorn and transform spaces, from secular to ceremonial, during potlatches and other significant events. This paper argues that thliitsapilthim function as important legal documents for Nuu-chah-nulth peoples and make declarations about rights to territories, natural resources, ceremonial privileges, and family histories."
- Supporting Nuu-chah-nulth Food Sovereignty by Recentering Indigenous Governance in Sea Otter ManagementBy Lindsey Popken. 2021. Masters thesis, University of Washington.
- Nuu-chah-nulth economic development and the changing nature of our relationships within the Ha'hoolthlii of our Ha'wiihTheses by Clifford Gordon Atleo, 2010. "This thesis examines Nuu-chah-nulth economic development and the changing nature of the relationships within our territories - the Ha’hoolthlii of our Ha’wiih - since Europeans first arrived and the occupation of our lands and waters by Settlers."
Other resources
- Ha-Shilth-SaHa-Shilth-Sa is Canada’s oldest First Nations newspaper and is the newspaper of record of the Nuu-chah-nulth people. It has been published by the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council since 1974. Ha-Shilth-Sa means “interesting news” in the Nuu-chah-nulth language.
- Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council videosFeatures videos with elders and knowledge keepers on culture, governance, resilience & renewal, spirituality, the role of women, and sacred teachings.
- Uu-a-thlukEmpowering Nuu-chah-nulth management of, and access to, ocean resources.
- T’aat’aaqsapa Cultural DictionaryHuu-ay-aht First Nation cultural dictionary, with language and cultural resources.
Film and Video
"After working as a clearcut logger in what is now known as the Clayoquot Sound, master carver Joe Martin reconciles his past by revitalizing the ancestral knowledge and artistic practice of the traditional Tla-o-qui-aht dugout canoe."
Maa-nulth Treaty
The Maa-nulth Treaty came into effect on April 1st, 2011. Five former Indian Act bands became self-governing through the treaty, which is being implemented by the five independent governments: Huu‑ay‑aht First Nations, Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k’tles7et’h’ First Nation, Toquaht Nation, Uchucklesaht Tribe, and Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Government. Maa-nulth First Nations have overlapping and/or shared territory with their First Nation neighbours: Ditidaht, Hupacasath, Tla-o-qui-aht, and Tseshaht.
- Maa-nulth First Nations Final AgreementAlso in the library: MBC C353 M33 2006
- “Our Journey, Our Choice, Our Future”: Huu‐ay‐aht First Nations’ Self‐Government enacted through the Maa‐nulth Treaty with British Columbia and Canada byPublication Date: 2019, Antipode 51, no. 4"Modern treaties... are heavily criticised for being unjust extensions of colonialism that limit Indigenous self-determination and transform homelands under settler colonial property regimes. Yet, some First Nations accept these agreements as their chosen path for self-government in state structures. We document Huu-ay-aht First Nations' decision-making that resulted when the Maa-nulth Treaty was implemented and replaced the Indian Act by analysing the Maa-nulth Treaty and interviews conducted with Huu-ay-aht First Nations leadership. We demonstrate how Êiisaak (respect) and ÊuuÊaÅuk (taking care of) guided Huu-ay-aht First Nations' self-government, while nesting this discussion in the complexities and critiques of modern treaties."