Our ancestors were whalers. My grandfather told me that he went on one of the last whaling trips when he was a boy. I suppose that would have been around 1910.
Grace George
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Our ancestors were whalers. My grandfather told me that he went on one of the last whaling trips when he was a boy. I suppose that would have been around 1910. |
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When a whale came in, it would have been divided up. It depended on the status of each fanily as to which part of the whale they got. Higher ranking families always gto the best parts. This entitlement was poassed down through the generations.
Today Tofino, on Vancouver Island, is one of the wahle-watching capitals of the world. A lot of tourists come to watch the Killer Whales and Great Whales that come there. They go out in boats, and look for the footprints the wahles leave on the surface of the sea. These footprints are shadows, and show that a wahle is below the surface, and likely to come up for air. The whale watchers use radios to keep in contact with each other, and to alert other watchers to where whales have been seen. At times Tofino gets very crowded with all these whale watchers.
There aren't any Nuu-chah-nulth involved in the whale watching business, so it doens't bring any benefits to the Nuu-chah-nulth.
> What sort of wildlife do have in your native land?
We have wolves, eagles, bears, deer, cougars, and lots of other animals.
Grace George
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