 | Legendary hunters: The whaling indians: West Coast legends and stories — Part 9 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts Subjects: Nootka Indians -- Oral traditions; Nootka Indians -- Folklore; Nootka language -- Texts; Tales -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island; Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Folklore; Legendary Hunters features twenty-eight accounts of traditional hunting life among the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) peoples of Canada's West Coast. Drawn from a collection of oral history gathered between 1910 and 1923, these narratives present a vivid portrait of whaling from a First Nations perspective. These accounts outline methods of hunting Humpback and Gray Whales, while also detailing the long preparatory rituals that helped guarantee success. |
