Nuu-chah-nulth
（重定向自Nuu Chah Nulth）
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![Making cedar bark textile](/Images/godic/202501/30/Thuja_plicata_bark3619.png")
![Nootka eagle mask with moveable wings, Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany](/Images/godic/202501/30/Eagle_mask_Nootka_EthnM3619.jpg")
![A Nuu-chah-nulth woman selling baskets in Nootka Sound in the 1930s](/Images/godic/202501/30/Nootka_woman_with_baskets_for_sale_that_she_made3619.jpg")
The Nuu-chah-nulth (/nuːˈtʃɑːnʊlθ/; Nuu-chah-nulth: [nuːt͡ʃaːnˀuɬ]), also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth, Tahkaht, are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. The term Nuu-chah-nulth is used to describe fifteen related tribes whose traditional home is on the west coast of Vancouver Island.