Shaping the future on Haida Gwaii : life beyond settler colonialism / Joseph Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Joseph, 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haida Indians--British Columbia--Haida Gwaii--Social life and customs--21st century.

Haida Indians.

Haida Indians--British Columbia--Haida Gwaii--Politics and government--21st century.

Politics and government.

Manners and customs.

Haida Gwaii (B.C.)--Social conditions--21st century.

Haida Gwaii (B.C.).

British Columbia--Haida Gwaii.

Physical Description:

xi, 230 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Too often Indigenous peoples have been portrayed as being without a future, destined either to disappear or assimilate into settler society. This book asserts quite the opposite: Indigenous peoples are not in any sense "out of time" in our contemporary world. Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii shows how Indigenous peoples not only continue to have a future, but are at work building many different futures--for themselves and for their nonIndigenous neighbours. Through the experiences of the Haida First Nation, this book explores these possible futures in detail, demonstrating how Haida ways of thinking about time, mobility, and political leadership are at the heart of contemporary strategies for addressing the dilemmas that come with life under settler colonialism."--Back cover.

Contents:

Part I Pasts and Futures

1 An Introduction to Haida Future-Making in Old Massett p. 3

2 The Everyday Temporalities of Life on Haida Gwaii p. 29

Part 2 Home

3 Coming Home to Haida Gwaii: Haida Departures and Returns in the Future Perfect p. 63

4 Of Hippies and Haida: Fantasy, Future-Making, and the Allure of Haida Gwaii p. 91

Part 3 Care

5 Leading "from the Bottom of the Pole": Care and Governance in the Haida World p. 123

6 Precarious Authority: Endangerment the Political Promise to Protect Haida Gwaii p. 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-221) and index.

ISBN:

0774837586

9780774837583

OCLC:

1030765236