“From the beginning of time”: The colonial reconfiguration of native habitats and Indigenous resource practices on the British Columbia Coast

Author:

Dick Chief Adam1,Sewid-Smith Daisy2,Recalma-Clutesi Kim3,Deur Douglas4,Turner N.J.5

Affiliation:

1. Kwakwaka’wakw Nation, British Columbia, Canada

2. Kwakwaka’wakw Nation, Quinsum, British Columbia, Canada

3. Kwakwaka’wakw/Pentlatch Nation, Qualicum, British Columbia, Canada

4. Department of Anthropology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA and Kwakwaka’wakw Nation, British Columbia, Canada

5. Emeritus Professor, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, and Kwakwaka’wakw Nation, British Columbia, Canada

Abstract

Indigenous Peoples’ lives, cultures, and values are defined largely by their long-term relationships with the lands, waters, and lifeforms of their territories. Their stories, names, ceremonies, and connections with the plants and animals on which they have depended over countless generations are cornerstones of their knowledge systems, systems of governance and decision-making, traditions of intergenerational knowledge transmission, and values and responsibilities associated with natural and human domains alike. For First Nations of North America’s Northwest Coast, as for many other Indigenous Peoples, the arrival of European newcomers disrupted both the natural world and associated cultural practices in interconnected ways. The industrial exploitation of lands and resources had wide-ranging effects: traditional land and resource appropriation; impacts on culturally significant habitats by industrial-scale fishing, logging, and mining; and discrimination and marginalization contributing to resource alienation. This paper documents some experiences of Kwakwaka’wakw and other Coastal First Nations in coping with the cultural effects of environmental loss. It highlights their concern for the ecological integrity of lands and waters formerly under their stewardship but reshaped by non-Native extractive economies, and describes how these losses have affected the cultural, social, and physical health of Kwakwaka’wakw peoples up to the present time.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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