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Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors
$34.95
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Format:
Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka); Indigenous American; Native American; Makah;
Status: Available
Grade Levels: University/College;
Other Categories:
Books | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Peoples in Canada | First Nations | Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) | Indigenous Peoples in the United States | Native American | Makah | Indigenous Studies | Communities | Health | History | Non-Fiction | History | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Peoples in Canada | First Nations | Indigenous Peoples in the United States | Native American
Synopsis:
Following the removal of the gray whale from the Endangered Species list in 1994, the Makah tribe of northwest Washington State and the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation of British Columbia announced that they would revive their whale hunts. The Makah whale hunt of 1999 was met with enthusiastic support and vehement opposition. A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, Charlotte Coté offers a valuable perspective on the issues surrounding Indigenous whaling. Her analysis includes major Aboriginal studies and contemporary Aboriginal rights issues, addressing environmentalism, animal rights activism, anti-treaty conservatism, and the public’s expectations about what it means to be “Indian.”
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