Nuxalk

[Thomas R. Speer]

I agree with Mike's summary.  It's my understanding
that they want to be called Nuxalk.

Tom Speer

--- Mike Cleven <ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM> wrote:
> 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)


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