kakowan yaka pishak

[Jim Holton]

In the book I am working on (and hopefully have finished in the next
months), I used "kakowan yaka pishak" for orca because it was the only
attestation that I could find that directly referenced an orca.  It is
from "The Legend of the Flood - According to the Ohyaht tradition:" by
Alfred Carmichael.  I got the manuscript the the Provincial archives in
Victoria, B.C.   Klahauyem, Jim

Colin Bruce wrote:

>Does anyone know why an orca is called kakowan yaka pishak?
>I can't find Kakowan anywhere.
>
>(I'm guessing Kakowan's bane, could be a red herring though)
>(No it can't be red it's gotta be a black fish)
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