Aboriginal Studies - UBC Press - University of British Columbia
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EnvironmEntal studiEs<br />
spirits <strong>of</strong> our Whaling ancestors<br />
Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions<br />
Charlotte Coté, Foreword by micah mcCarty<br />
CharlottE Coté is associate<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> American<br />
Indian <strong>Studies</strong> at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Washington.<br />
July 2010<br />
328 pages, 6 x 10"<br />
22 illustrations, 3 maps<br />
978-0-7748-2053-0 pb $24.95<br />
<strong>Aboriginal</strong> History<br />
<strong>Aboriginal</strong> Politics & Policy<br />
Environmental History<br />
Anthropology<br />
BC Environment<br />
Canadian History<br />
BC Politics<br />
Canadian Rights only. Published<br />
outside <strong>of</strong> Canada by the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Washington <strong>Press</strong>.<br />
Spirits <strong>of</strong> Our Whaling Ancestors <strong>of</strong>fers a<br />
valuable perspective on the issues surrounding<br />
indigenous whaling, past and present.<br />
Following the removal <strong>of</strong> the gray whale from the<br />
Endangered Species list in 1994, the Makah tribe<br />
<strong>of</strong> northwest Washington State and the Nuu-chahnulth<br />
Nation <strong>of</strong> <strong>British</strong> <strong>Columbia</strong> announced that<br />
they would revive their whale hunts. The Makah<br />
whale hunt <strong>of</strong> 1999 was met with enthusiastic<br />
support and vehement opposition. A member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, Charlotte Coté <strong>of</strong>fers<br />
a valuable perspective on the issues surrounding<br />
indigenous whaling. Her analysis includes major<br />
Native studies and contemporary Native rights<br />
issues, addressing environmentalism, animal rights<br />
activism, anti-treaty conservatism, and the public's<br />
expectations about what it means to be “Indian."<br />
ContEnts<br />
Foreword by Micah McCarty<br />
Introduction: Honoring Our Whaling Ancestors<br />
1 Ts awalk: The Centrality <strong>of</strong> Whaling to<br />
Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Life<br />
2 Utla: Worldviews Collide: The Arrival<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mamalhn’i in Indian Territory<br />
3 Kutsa: Maintaining the Cultural<br />
Link to Whaling Ancestors<br />
4 Muu: The Makah Harvest a Whale<br />
5 Sucha: Challenges to Our Right to Whale<br />
6 Nupu: Legal Impediments Spark a 2007 Hunt<br />
7 Atlpu: Restoring Nanash’agtl Communities<br />
Notes; Bibliography; Index<br />
2 <strong>Aboriginal</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> 2010 order online: www.ubcpress.ca