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the lives of Nuu-chah-nulth people. Because of this law, Nuu-chah-nulth children
Nuu-chah-nulth were now called Indians. The government put them on reserves.
The Government of Canada created the Indian Act in 1876. This law governs
territories today. The Nuu-chah-nulth continue to work for self-determination.
use reserve. Nuu-chah-nulth were not allowed to practise parts of their culture.
were taken from their families. The children were sent to residential schools.
Many First Nations now prefer the term First Nation community and no longer
Nootka Sound is a strip of water that separates Nootka Island from Vancouver
The Indian Act limits how the Nuu-chah-nulth govern their lives and
They work toward the right to govern their own lives.
Island. Yuquot is on Nootka Island along this sound.
