The sea is my country : the maritime world of the Makahs, an indigenous borderlands people / Joshua L. Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Joshua L., Author.

Contributor:

Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington. Tribal Council.

Makah Cultural and Research Center.

Series:

Henry Roe Cloud series on American Indians and modernity.

Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and modernity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Makah Indians.

Maritime boundaries.

Maritime anthropology--Northwest, Pacific.

Maritime anthropology.

Washington (State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]

Summary:

The first full-scale history of the Makah people of the Pacific Northwest, whose culture and identity are closely bound to the sea For the Makahs, a tribal nation at the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States, a deep relationship with the sea is the locus of personal and group identity. Unlike most other indigenous tribes whose lives are tied to lands, the Makah people have long placed marine space at the center of their culture, finding in their own waters the physical and spiritual resources to support themselves. This book is the first to explore the history and identity of the Makahs from the arrival of maritime fur-traders in the eighteenth century through the intervening centuries and to the present day. Joshua L. Reid discovers that the "People of the Cape" were far more involved in shaping the maritime economy of the Pacific Northwest than has been understood. He examines Makah attitudes toward borders and boundaries, their efforts to exercise control over their waters and resources as Europeans and then Americans arrived, and their embrace of modern opportunities and technology to maintain autonomy and resist assimilation. The author also addresses current environmental debates relating to the tribe's customary whaling and fishing rights and illuminates the efforts of the Makahs to regain control over marine space, preserve their marine-oriented identity, and articulate a traditional future.

Contents:

Introduction

One. "The Power of Wickaninnish Ends Here"

Two. Inveterate Wars and Petty Pilferings

Three. "Depending on the Success or Good-Will of the Natives

Four. "I Want the Sea

5 "An Anomaly in the Indian Service"

Six. "Everything Is Played Out Here"

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780300213683

OCLC:

1043360191