#nootka

[charring58]

he word dentalium, as commonly used by Native American artists and anthropologists, refers to tooth shells or tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry, adornment, and commerce in western Canada and the United States. These tusk shells are a kind of seashell, specifically the shells of scaphopod mollusks. The name "dentalium" is based on the scientific name for the genus Dentalium,

[smellslikefashion]

source: https://www.instagram.com/nootkaofficial/

[octoberboy1031]

The best part of my day was #singing to the birthday girl! 🥳🎉 #nootka #fat #kitty #cat #buddy #pack #family #birthdaytimeishereagain #february #winter (at North Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBXC-mubdO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[summerwages]

The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane..

So delectable

Quite respectable

And she's only nine days old..

The Ames Brothers 🎵

[artbybella13]

Nootka Rose, 2024

[pnwnativeplants]

Rosa genus shrubs like this Rosa nutkana support over 100 species of butterflies and moths!

[hikayaking]

A peaceful pause.

[pestilentbrood]

A bunch of silly little pixel headshots I made for my clan overview post! This is them in high quality; I shrunk em down for that post so they look a lil wonky

[rabbitcruiser]

Yellowknife, NWT (No. 15)

The Post Office building for Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, serving the X1A postal codes, is located at the southwest corner of 49th Street and Franklin (50th) Avenue. It is a two-storey concrete building in a late modernist style dating to the mid-20th century. In 2006 it was designated a City of Yellowknife Heritage Site in recognition of its long standing role as a social centrepiece for the downtown community; it has been administratively listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as a result. "This is where you went to find everybody" in the 1960s, one city councillor recalled when the building received its heritage plaque in 2010.

It was the first federal government building constructed in what is now referred to as Yellowknife's New Town. The city had begun during the 1930s as a gold mining community on a peninsula and islands in the bay named for it on Great Slave Lake. When the boom resumed after World War II, it quickly outgrew the space available there, and New Town began to develop to the south on higher ground. The post office was completed in 1956 as the centralized, downtown location for mail services for Canada Post; it also housed the territorial courts until 1978. Both functions made it an important civic presence that helped establish New Town.

Source: Wikipedia

[boneszphoto]

it's that time of year! nature do be slappin

[mantisshrinp]

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joshuagardnerart on instagram

[jackalopegirlantlers]

plants around town !!

chocolate lily (fritillaria camschatcensis)

nootka lupine (lupinus nootkatensis)

false azalea (menziesa ferruginea)

[octoberboy1031]

Happy Birthday, #Nootka, I love you so much!! 🧡🧡 #fat #kitty #buddy #pack #family #february #winter #night (at Bake House Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_ko6IuOFJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[summerwages]

irresistible..

[dailylighthouse]

Nootka Lighthouse

Yuquot, British Columbia, Canada

Source: Wikimedia Commons | Wikimedia Commons

Constructed: 1958

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[prairie-tales]

Nootka basket, c. 1700s.

Region: North-west coast of North America.

The woven Nootka basket shows the traditional motif of hunters harpooning a whale. The Nootka were the only whale-hunters in British Columbia, and the whale was an integral part of the life of the tribe, appearing on many of their woven goods. Only certain men were permitted to hunt the whale and they were chosen from both the chiefs and ordinary tribesmen. There was much preparations before the hunting season began in April, when canoes and harpoons were repaired. The Nootka used detachable pointed harpoons and floats. The whaling canoes were narrow and had a long prow with a squared stem.

Whale-hunting was a dangerous and arduous task that took them great distances from land. There resulted many stories of great bravery, particularly during the ‘Death Run’, where the harpooned whale would drag the canoe for miles – and sometimes days – before its death. The hunters ensured that they were well-provisioned for such times. The Nootka carried out only subsistence hunting of whales and believed that the whale permitted its capture and death in order to sav the people from starving.

Source: ‘Folk Art’, Susann Linn-Williams, pp. 158-59.