n o t e Restoration Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council b o o k Killer Whale

• Main Authors: Orcinus Orca, Photo Craig Matkin, Craig Matkin, Eva Saulitis
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Sickle; aleut; eyak; haida; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; tlingit; Alaska; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.233.2121; http://www.whalesalaska.org/docs/RN_orca.pdf

Killer whales have been a part of human mythology and imagination for thousands of years. As early as 100 B.C., Nazca Natives of Peru built temples dedicated to killer whale gods and used killer whale designs to symbolize power, courage and fertility. The killer whale is a potent spiritual symbol fo...