The Nootka: Scenes and Studies of Savage Life, originally written in 1868 by colonial magistrate Gilbert Malcolm Sproat and edited by Charles Lillard in 1987, is a foundational ethnohistorical account of the Indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of Vancouver Island. Based on Sproat's firsthand observations while establishing a settlement at Alberni Inlet, the work provides detailed documentation of the traditions, daily routines, and social structures of the region's First Nations prior to widespread colonization. Ultimately, it serves as a critical, albeit 19th-century-filtered, primary source for modern anthropologists and historians studying the early impacts of European contact on the British Columbia coast.

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Reprint. Originally published: London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1868

Reprint. Originally published: London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1868