Belonging with Indigenous lands : resurgence,reciprocity, and environmental stewardship in the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks / edited by John Reid-Hresko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid-Hresko, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protected areas--Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations.

Protected areas.

Environmental management--Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations.

Environmental management.

Protected areas--British Columbia--Tofino.

Environmental management--British Columbia--Tofino.

Human ecology--Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--British Columbia--Tofino.

Protected areas--Social aspects--Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations.

Protected areas--Social aspects--British Columbia--Tofino.

Protected areas--Economic aspects--Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations.

Protected areas--Economic aspects--British Columbia--Tofino.

Tofino (B.C.)--Race relations.

Tofino (B.C.).

Tofino (B.C.)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xxi, 339 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2026]

Summary:

"In the places we call home, how do we belong? Belonging with Indigenous Lands examines the ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ (Tla-o-qui-aht) Tribal Parks Allies program and its reception by settler communities on western Vancouver Island. In 1984, the ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ First Nation and settler allies mobilized to protect the watersheds of Meares Island and create one of Canada’s first Indigenous-managed park systems. Since then, tourism in Tofino has become an economic juggernaut, but ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ have not equitably benefited despite disproportionately bearing the costs of stewarding the land and waters. Therefore, in 2018, the Nation created the Tribal Parks Allies program, asking tourism-related businesses to contribute financially to ecosystem maintenance, cultural revitalization, and Indigenous well-being initiatives. Community responses ranged from enthusiastic to resistant. In both English and nuučaanuł, Indigenous and settler contributors unpack competing conceptualizations of sovereignty, social contracts, land, and time. In the process, they illuminate the ways we understand place-based belonging and our relation to those with whom we share our homes."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Belonging with Indigenous lands.

ISBN:

9780774872393

077487239X

OCLC:

1552061132

Publisher Number:

90104679477