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

9783031155864 (electronic bk.)
3031155866 (electronic bk.)
3031155858
9783031155857

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.

©2022

English

1 online resource (xiv, 316 pages)

10.1007/978-3-031-15586-4 doi

GF501 .A54 2022eb

304.208997

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.

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Studies in human ecology and adaptation ; v. 13.

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