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The Sea Is My Country

Reid, Joshua L·2015·Yale University Press eBooks
DOI 10.12987/yale/9780300209907.001.0001
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For the Makahs, a tribal nation at the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States, a deep relationship with the sea is the locus of personal and group identity. Unlike most other indigenous tribes whose lives are tied to lands, the Makah people have long placed marine space at the center of their culture, finding in their own waters the physical and spiritual resources to support themselves. This book explores the history and identity of the Makahs from the arrival of maritime fur-traders in the eighteenth century through the intervening centuries and to the present day. This book discovers that the “People of the Cape” were far more involved in shaping the maritime economy of the Pacific Northwest than has been understood. It examines Makah attitudes toward borders and boundaries, their efforts to exercise control over their waters and resources as Europeans and Americans arrived, and their embrace of modern opportunities and technology to maintain autonomy and resist assimilation. The book also addresses current environmental debates relating to the tribe’s customary whaling and fishing rights and illuminates the efforts of the Makahs to regain control over marine space, preserve their marine-oriented identity, and articulate a traditional future.

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  • For many whaling communities, whales and whaling hold important roles in the processes of social and cultural reproduction.

    “For many whaling communities, whales and whaling hold important roles in the processes of social and cultural reproduction (Kalland, 2009; Coté, 2010; Reid, 2015; Durney, 2020, 2024; Sakakibara, 2020).”

    From On the edges of extinction: Indigenous whaling governance, the 1977 “bowhead controversy” and its legacy (2024) · cites this paper as Reid, 2015

  • Scholars like Roberts (2010) and Reid (2015) have demonstrated that by defining Indigenous whaling as a "subsistence" activity and prohibiting the whalers' self-determination over their marine tenure and marine-based livelihoods, conservation and environmental governance have undermined Indigenous communities' legal and treaty rights.

    “Scholars like Roberts (2010) and Reid (2015) have demonstrated that by defining Indigenous whaling as a “subsistence” activity and prohibiting the whalers’ self-determination over their marine tenure and marine-based livelihoods, conservation and environmental governance have undermined Indigenous communities’ legal and treaty rights.”

    From On the edges of extinction: Indigenous whaling governance, the 1977 “bowhead controversy” and its legacy (2024) · cites this paper as Reid, 2015

  • The idea that the importance of whaling is tantamount to its importance as a subsistence activity is historically incorrect, because Indigenous whaling has long been a commercial activity with a significant role in trade and bordering.

    “this idea has been both a. proven historically incorrect, as Indigenous whaling practice has long been a commercial activity with a significant role in trade and practices of bordering (see Coté, 2010; Reid, 2015; Shoemaker, 2015)”

    From On the edges of extinction: Indigenous whaling governance, the 1977 “bowhead controversy” and its legacy (2024) · cites this paper as Reid, 2015

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Authors
Reid, J. L.
Corresponding author
Reid, Joshua L
ORCID
Reid, Joshua L
Venue
Yale University Press eBooks
Publisher
Yale University Press
Published
2015-05-26
DOI
10.12987/yale/9780300209907.001.0001
OpenAlex
W4244044606
Cited by
61
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0
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.91
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Yale University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
  • Social Sciences › Law › Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Studies and Ecology
Keywords
indigenous identity, maritime identity, tribal sovereignty, fishing rights, environmental debate

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