A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other : Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast / Charlotte Coté.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coté, Charlotte (Charlotte June), author.

Series:

Indigenous confluences.

Indigenous Confluences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food sovereignty.

Indigenous peoples--Food.

Indigenous peoples.

Tseshaht First Nation.

British Columbia--Port Alberni.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In the dense rainforest of the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Somass River (c̓uumaas) brings sockeye salmon (miaat) into the Nuu-chah-nulth community of Tseshaht. C̓uumaas and miaat are central to the sacred food practices that have been a crucial part of the Indigenous community's efforts to enact food sovereignty, decolonize their diet, and preserve their ancestral knowledge. In A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other, Charlotte Cote shares contemporary Nuu-chah-nulth practices of traditional food revitalization in the context of broader efforts to re-Indigenize their diets. Cote shares evocative stories of her Tseshaht community's and her own work to revitalize relationships to haum (traditional food) as a way to nurture health and wellness. As Indigenous peoples continue to face food insecurity due to ongoing inequality, environmental degradation and the Westernization of traditional diets, Cote foregrounds healing and cultural sustenance via everyday enactments of food sovereignty: berry picking, salmon fishing, and building a community garden on reclaimed residential school grounds. This book is for everyone with concerns about their health and shows how food plays a major role in physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE haʔum, / We Are What We Eat

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ƛ̓eekoo

PHONETIC KEY

INTRODUCTION ḥačatakma ca̓ waak / Everything Is Interconnected

CHAPTER ONE tiičʕaqƛ / Understanding Food Sovereignty and Its Potential for Indigenous Health and Decolonization

CHAPTER TWO c̓uumaʕas / The River That Runs through Us, the Communal Fish Pot

CHAPTER THREE tuuk̓ʷasiił / The Tseshaht Community Garden Project, Cultivating a Space for Community Healing and Wellness

CHAPTER FOUR quuʔičiƛ / A Conversation with kamâmakskwew waakiituusiis Nitanis Desjarlais and n̓aasʔałuk John Rampanen

Epilogue: Indigenous Health and Wellness and Living during a Time of Uncertainty

GLOSSARY

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295749532

0295749539

OCLC:

1251738174