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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

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