Respect and responsibility in Pacific Coast indigenous nations : the world raven makes / E. N. Anderson, Raymond Pierotti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Eugene Newton, Jr., 1941- author.

Pierotti, Raymond John, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in human ecology and adaptation

Studies in human ecology and adaptation ; volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Pacific Coast (North America).

Human ecology.

Indians of North America--Pacific Coast (North America).

Indians of North America.

North America--Pacific Coast.

Physical Description:

xiv, 316 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This book examines ways of conserving, managing, and interacting with plant and animal resources by Native American cultural groups of the Pacific Coast of North America, from Alaska to California. These practices helped them maintain and restore ecological balance for thousands of years. Building upon the authors and others previous works, the book brings in perspectives from ethnography and marine evolutionary ecology. The core of the book consists of Native American testimony: myths, tales, speeches, and other texts, which are treated from an ecological viewpoint. The focus on animals and in-depth research on stories, especially early recordings of texts, set this book apart. The book is divided into two parts, covering the Northwest Coast, and California. It then follows the division in lifestyle between groups dependent largely on fish and largely on seed crops. It discusses how the survival of these cultures functions in the contemporary world, as First Nations demand recognition and restoration of their ancestral rights and resource management practices.

Contents:

Commons and Management

Looking to the Sea: Economics and Ecology in the Pacific Northwest

Looking to the Land: Terrestrial Ecology

Traditional Cultural Areas

Social and Cultural-Ecological Dynamics

Traditional Resource Management

White Settler Contact and Its Consequences

The Ideology Behind It All

Animism and Rationality: North vs "West"

Respect and Its Corollaries

Teachings and Stories

The Visual Art

Conclusions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783031155857

3031155858

OCLC:

1337143286

Publisher Number:

99995534190