Maquinna addressed Jewitt by name, having observed him at his trade during visits to the Boston. "John - I speak - you no say no; You say no - daggers come!" he said. He asked Jewitt a series of ...

When the American trading vessel the Boston arrived at Nootka Sound in March 1803, Chief Maquinna, chief of the Nuu'chah'nulth Moachat had been trading with Europeans for more than two decades.

"It's not just an artifact for us, it is a part of our culture," said Mike Maquinna, chief of Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation. Maquinna did not travel to New York with the delegation but saw the ...

"It's not just an artifact for us, it is a part of our culture," said Mike Maquinna, chief of Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation. Maquinna did not travel to New York with the delegation but saw the ...