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Spirits of our whaling ancestors: revitalizing Makah andNuu-chah-nulth traditions

Author

Coté, Charlotte
McCarty, Micah

Publisher

University of Washington Press ; UBC Press

Edition

1st ed

Place of Publication

Seattle : Vancouver

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monographic

Extent

273 p.

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troy.lib.sfu.ca Library Catalog
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory

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273 p.

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Social aspects
Northwest, Pacific
Hunting
Whaling
Ethnic identity
Makah Indians
Social life and customs

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book
book

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tpatt:7bd6b622-53d3-4b20-aa26-f04bc064413d

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2018-04-06T01:42:32.118Z

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Spirits of our whaling ancestors: revitalizing Makah andNuu-chah-nulth traditions, Spirits of our whaling ancestors
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E 99 M19 C68 2010, Social aspects, Northwest, Pacific, Hunting, Whaling, Ethnic identity, Makah Indians, Social life and customs
Description
"Following the removal of the gray whale from the Endangered Species list in 1994, the Makah tribe of northwest Washington State announced that they would revive their whale hunts; their relatives, the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation of British Columbia, shortly followed suit. Neither tribe had exercised their right to whale--in the case of the Makah, a right affirmed in their 1855 treaty with the federal government--since the gray whale had beenhunted nearly to extinction by commercial whalers in the 1920s. The Makah whale hunt of 1999 was an event of international significance, connected to the worldwide struggle for aboriginal sovereignty and to the broader discourses of environmental sustainability, treaty rights,human rights, and animal rights. It was met with enthusiastic support and vehement opposition As a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, Charlotte Coté offers a valuable perspective on the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, past and present. Whaling served important social, economic, and ritual functions that havebeen at the core of Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth societies throughout their histories. Even as Native societies faceddisease epidemics and federal policies that undermined their cultures, they remained connected to their traditions. The revival of whaling has implications for the physical, mental, and spiritual health of these Nativecommunities today, Coté asserts. Whaling, she says, "defines who we are as a people Her analysis includes major Native studies and contemporary Native rights issues, and addresses environmentalism, animal rights activism, anti-treaty conservatism, and the public's expectations about what it means to be "Indian." These thoughtful critiques are intertwined with the author's personal reflections, familystories, and information from indigenous, anthropological,and historical sources to provide a bridge between cultures. This work, by an Indigenous scholar who also hashereditary rights to particular kinds of information and who shares the traditions of her own family and community,makes a powerful contribution to Northwest Coast Indigenous and environmental history."--pub. desc, Introduction : honoring our whaling ancestors -- Tsawalk /The centrality of whaling to Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Life-- Utla / Worldviews Collide ; The arrival of Mamalhn'i inIndian Territory -- Kutsa / Maintaining the cultural link to whaling ancestors -- Muu / The Makah harvest a whale --Sucha / challenges to our right to whale -- Nupu / Legal impediments spark a 2004 whale hunt -- Atlpu / restoring Nanash'agtl communities, OCLC: 551719381
Publisher
University of Washington Press ; UBC Press
Contributor
Coté, Charlotte, McCarty, Micah
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Text, book, book
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273 p.
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tpatt:7bd6b622-53d3-4b20-aa26-f04bc064413d, isbn: 978-0-295-99046-0
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