Nuxalk

[ noo-huhlk ]

noun

, plural Nu·xalks, Nu·xalkmc [noo-, huhlk, -m, uh, sh], (especially collectively) Nu·xalk

1. a member of a First Nation of British Columbia, traditionally inhabiting the Bellacoola Valley on the central coast.
2. the Salishan language of the Nuxalk.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Nuxalk or their language.

Nuxalk

/ nuːˈxɒlk /

noun

1. a member of a Salishan Native Canadian people of British Columbia Formerly calledBella Coola

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nuxalk¹

First recorded in 1910–15; from Nuxalk nux̣alk “people,” a self-designation; Bellacoola ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nuxalk¹

from Salish

Example Sentences

Nuskmata from the Nuxalk community on the Canadian border said: “We have a highway in the north called the highway of tears, where so many of our women and girls have been stolen. We have mining extraction without consent, deforestation, industrial salmon farms, all these things are linked.”

From The Guardian

Lauren Henson, a conservation scientist with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, partnered with working group members from the Nuxalk, Haíɫzaqv, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Gitga’at, and Wuikinuxv Nations to figure out which mainland grizzlies were most genetically similar to the island ones.

From Science Magazine

Its owner, Inez Cook, opened the 30-seat cafe in 2010 with just five menu items as a way of exploring her own First Nations background as a Nuxalk native.

From New York Times

In 2013, Nuxalk people along the Bella Coola River witnessed schools of eulachon arriving—a shock in a place where no one under the age of 20 could remember such a scene.

From National Geographic

The Nisga'a call the fermentation pen the "bin," but it's better described by the Nuxalk term: the "stink box."

From National Geographic