Nuxalk

[Terry Glavin]

hi folks.
"pc correct" might be a little harsh - i wouldn't consider my own objections
to someone calling me a paddy to be "pc." i'd object, though. of course it
would depend on the circumstances and the intent, i suppose. . . and indeed
"bella coola" would have been the case for most british columbians even ten
years ago, but i'd say most british columbians use the term nuxalk nowadays
(mike?) - and i don't think many nuxalk people would take any offense to
hear their nation called the "bella coola people."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Cleven" <ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Nuxalk


> Liland Brajant Ros' wrote:
> > I think a fair case (that would be argued about both by members of the
> > people in question and by non-member BC English speakers) could be made
for
> > the statement that "'Bella Coola' is the normal English pronunciation of
> > 'Nuxalk'". But this may no longer be the case. It surely would have been
> > true 40 years ago.
>
> Well, it's an "apples and oranges meet the mice from hell" question.
> Bella Coola is actually from a Heiltsuk word which refers to the whole
> region, and not to the town of Bella Coola nor to the nation there,
> except incidentally.  The people who live there describe _themselves_ as
> Nuxalk, and their territory's name is the Nuxalk Nation; it's not
> exactly a geographic term, more of a political one.  Today, "Bella
> Coola" is the name of the town, "Nuxalk" is the PC-correct term of the
> people/nation.
>
>
> --
> Mike Cleven
> http://www.cayoosh.net (Bridge River Lillooet history)
> http://www.hiyu.net (Chinook Jargon phrasebook/history)