This was determined by the principle of primogeniture (birthright of the eldest son). Society: Each Nootka was ranked in society. During warm times the men would only wear ornaments while the women would wear skirts made from cedar bark. In the coldest times people of great wealth would wear sea otter and bear furs, while people of low wealth wore robes made from raccoons, wildcats, and other small animals. The only difference between the clothing of men and women was that woman also had an additional bark apron that would extend from the waist to the knees. The Nootka would move to their principal home sites in the winter when hunting and gathering was slow.ĭress: The men and women of the Nootka wore cedar bark robes during cool time. A whole years supply could be harvested and dried within a few weeks. The Nootka also gathered crab apples, roots, berries, and ferns.
In late summer the villages would move to the mouths of rivers and streams to fish for salmon with nets. Shellfish in the shore waters could be gathered with little exertion. Nootka Location: The Nootka lived along the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, and the northwest portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.ĭiet: In the early summer, the Nootka would move down to the coast to fish for halibut, herring, and cod along with hunting sea mammals. Like us to add to our archives, please contact us. If the author of this article would like to make changes to it, or if you are the author of another article you would
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