TY - BOOK ID - 103617009 TI - Respect and Responsibility in Pacific Coast Indigenous Nations AU - Anderson, E. N AU - Pierotti, Raymond AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2022 SN - 3031155858 3031155866 9783031155857 9783031155864 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer DB - UniCat KW - Human ecology KW - Indians of North America KW - American aborigines KW - American Indians KW - First Nations (North America) KW - Indians of the United States KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Native Americans KW - North American Indians KW - Ecology KW - Environment, Human KW - Human beings KW - Human environment KW - Ecological engineering KW - Human geography KW - Nature KW - Culture KW - Ethnology KW - Social aspects KW - Effect of environment on KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Human ecology. KW - Indians of North America. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103617009 AB - 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. ER -