Social Science Native American Studies
Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors
Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2010
- Category
- Native American Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774820530
- Publish Date
- Aug 2010
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
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.”
About the authors
Charlotte Coté is a professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. She is the author of Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions (University of Washington Press, 2010).
