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The Ehatteshaht (also Ehatisaht or Ehattesaht) are Canadian Indians who live on the Vancouver Island off the west coast. They speak English and Wakash and belong to the Nuu-chah-nulth . They are primarily represented vis-à-vis the government by the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council .
In May 2009, 328 and in April 2010 358 people were counted among the Ehatteshaht. They are spread over ten reserves (a total of almost 130 hectares) in Esperanza Inlet , one of the five large sound areas on the west coast of Vancouver Island. They share this sound with the Nuchatlaht . The area is accessible by sea from Queens Cove or Ehattes .
The group lives from fishing, a small crab farm that covers 60 hectares, but is only managed to a small extent, wood industry and some work in mining, now increasingly in tourism, forestry and fish farming.
history
With John R. Jewitt the marriage hats were still called "Ai-tiz-zarts", in 1857 they were called "Aitzarts". They belong to the Nuu-chah-nulth tribes who were invited to Maquinna's elaborate potlatches in Yuquot and Tahsis. Maquinna, who probably regarded this tribe as dependent on tribute, visited its chief "Upquesta" in 1804, and Jewitt found that this chief had over 300 warriors. The Ehatteshat were a very beautiful people in his eyes. The visitors were greeted with musket shots. A kind of master of ceremonies led the visitors to the chief's house. A few months later, 100 warriors again visited Maquinna and celebrated a big celebration. Maquinna's prisoner and slave John R. Jewitt married a daughter of the Ehatteshaht chief in 1804, the 17-year-old Eu-stoch-ee-exqua. She soon gave birth to a child.
In 1881 there were only 145 members in marriage and in 1891 their number had even decreased to 115. In 1881 they were divided into six families. The 1881 census was carried out by Harry Guillod, the man in charge of the West Coast Indian Agency . Guillod identified six large "households". At the same time he tried to reproduce the sound of the names in accordance with the Anglo-Saxon pronunciation rules. He even used a nuu-chah-nulth word for child (tenass).
The largest contiguous area is in Tatchu 13A reserve (63.1 ha), but most of the marriage seams live in Chenahkint 12 . In December 2007, of the 315 registered Ehatteshaht, only 82 were still living in their own reservation, 28 in other reservations, but most of them outside (205). By May 2009, their number had increased to 328, of which 85 lived on the reservation.
In April 2010, 91 people lived on the reservation, a further 38 on other reservations and 229 outside the reservation, for a total of 358 recognized tribesmen. In May 2009 there were 339. Your elected chief is Fredrick Adams, and he is advised by three Councilors .
Their main village was initially called Ahateset (around 1930), Ehatisaht Village (1946), then Ehatisaht (since 1953). The ten reservations were assigned to them by Commissioner O'Reilly in 1889 .
Some homes today have access to running water from a reservoir in Queens Cove. Tanks are used for waste water disposal. The fire department , police and post office are located in Zeballos , Port McNeil and Tahsis . The only public facility within the reserves is a community hall.
In November 2009 they filed a lawsuit along with Ahousaht , Mowachaht / Muchalaht , Hesquiaht and Tla-o-qui-aht for permission to fish for commercial purposes ( Ahousaht Indian Band And Nation v. Canada Attorney General, 2009 BCSC 1494 ).
Since 2012, there is one for the language of Ehattesaht First Nation app for the iPhone .
See also
literature
- Wayne Suttles (Ed.): Handbook of North American Indians . Volume 7: Northwest Coast. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1990. ISBN 0-87474-187-4
- John R. Jewitt : The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt: Captive of Maquinna , University of Washington Press 1987.
Web links
The marriage seams do not currently have their own homepage.
Remarks
- ↑ More information can be found under BC Shellfish Aquaculture ( PDF ( Memento of the original dated September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) .
- ↑ Coulson Forest Products , a family company from Port Alberni with around 450 employees, has been working with Ehattesaht since 1989 through its subsidiary Hecate Logging in the form of a 50:50 joint venture . Its CEO discovered in 2006 that the original idea of paying dividends on marriage seams had n't created any jobs. Therefore, great importance is now attached to training.
- ↑ Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Part 1, 419, 684
- ↑ Jewitt 115
- ↑ According to the information from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , First Nation Profiles: Ehattesaht ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ According to the information from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , First Nation Profiles: Ehattesaht ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ahousaht Indian Band And Nation v. Canada Attorney General, 2009 BCSC 1494 , Indigenous Peoples. Issues and Resources, November 13, 2009 .
- ↑ Marriage seam .
