THE NOOKSAK ARE A TRIBE LIVING IN MAINLY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. THEY ORIGINALLY LIVED IN NOOTKA SOUND. THE NOOTKA WERE OF TWO BRANCHES OF THE WAKESHAN LANGUAGE FAMILY. THEY HAVE ABOUT 25 SUBDIVISIONS.
JUAN DE FUCO IN 1592 IS THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO HAVE VISITED THE THE NOOTKA TERRITORY. IN 1778 CAPTAIN COOK VISITED THIS TERRITORY. THE NOOTSAK KILLED THE PEOPLE FROM NEW ENGLAND IN 1803. SINCE 1843 THEY WERE MISSIONED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
IN 1780 THEY HAD 6000 MEMBERS. THE NOOKSAK WERE THE ONLY INDIANS WHO HUNTED WHALES ON THE WHALES ON THE COAST, EXCEPT FOR SEVERAL NEIGHBORS. THEY MADE CANOES FROM SMALL CLAMMING BOATS TO OCEAN GOING WAR CANOES. THEY RELIED PRIMARILY ON SEAFOOD WHILE INTERIOR TRIBES SUPPLEMENTED THEIR DIET WITH MAMMALS. ALL ATE SALMON. THEY TRADED SMOKED FISH AND SSHELLS, CANOES, METALS, GOA6T PRODUCTS AND MEDICINE.
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