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The Nootka, and other Pacific Northwest cultures, were famous for their potlatch ceremonies, in which the host would generous gifts on guests.

The Nootka were among the first Pacific peoples north of California to come into contact with Europeans. Competition between Spain and the United Kingdom over control of Nootka Sound led to a bitter international dispute around 1790, which was settled when Spain agreed to relinquish its claims to the North Pacific coast.

The Nootka were one of the only groups on the Pacific Coast who hunted whales.

At the time of early contact with European explorers, up until 1830Events February 3 The previously autonomous state of Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervisio, more than 90 percent of the Nootka were killed by sexually-transmitted diseases, malariaMalaria ( Italian: bad air ; formerly called ague or marsh fever in English) is an infectious disease which causes about 500 million infections and 2 million deaths annually, mainly in the tropics and sub-Saharan Africa. The protozoan cause of malaria was, and smallpoxSmallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera is a highly contagious disease unique to humans caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent o, and by cultural turmoil resulting from contact with Westerners.

Nootka bands today are:

1. Ahousaht: formed from the merger of the Ahousaht and Kelsemeht bands in 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We;
2. Ditidaht ;
3. Ehattesaht ;
4. Hesquiaht ;
5. Kyuguot ;
6. Mowachaht or Muchalaht: formerly the Nootka band;
7. Nuchatlaht ;
8. Ohiaht ;
9. Opetchesaht ;
10. Pacheenaht ;
11. Tla-o-qui-ahtThe Tla-o-qui-aht formerly Clayoquot are a First Nation of Canada band, living on ten reserves along the Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. They are part of the Nootka confederacy and governed by the Noo-chah-nulth Tribal Cou: formerly Clayoquot;
12. Toquaht ;
13. Tsesaht ;
14. Uchucklesaht ;
15. Ucluelet .