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Asserting Native Resilience : Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis by Alan Parker (2012, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOregon STATE University Press

ISBN-100870716638

ISBN-139780870716638

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Book TitleAsserting Native Resilience : Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Human Geography, Indigenous Studies, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Global Warming & Climate Change

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Social Science, Science

AuthorAlan Parker

FormatTrade Paperback

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Reviews"Evergreen State College Professors Zoltan Grossman and Alan Parker have done the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Rim, including our Tribal nations in the Northwest, a great service by assembling this book. Asserting Native Resilience speaks for the Native people who are the most directly impacted by climate change. We see the glaciers in our beautiful Olympic Mountains disappearing and our salmon and shellfish already hanging by a thread on the edge of extinction. It is past time that our fellow Americans wake up to the reality of climate change, heed the lessons from our sacred teachings, and stop listening to self-serving politicians, scientists, and corporations who want us to continue in a state of denial." --Fawn Sharp, President of the Quinault Indian Nation and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), "In the times of the unraveling of our world, it is essential to stand against the combustion, mining and disregard for life. Life is in water, air, and relatives who have wings, fins, roots, and paws, and all of them are threatened by climate change--as are people themselves. Grossman and Parker have done an excellent job in telling the stories of climate change, and the people who are standing to make a difference for all of us. Change is indeed made by people, and climate change must be addressed by a movement, strong, strident, and courageous." --Winona La Duke, executive director of Honor The Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project, "Zoltán Grossman and Alan Parker have done the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Rim, including our tribal nations in the Northwest, a great service by assembling this book. Asserting Native Resilience speaks for the Native people who are the most directly impacted by climate change. We see the glaciers in our beautiful Olympic Mountains disappearing, and our salmon and shellfish already hanging by a thread on the edge of extinction. It is past time that our fellow Americans wake up to the reality of climate change, and stop listening to professional politicians who want us to continue in a state of denial." -Fawn Sharp, President of the Quinault Indian Nation and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), "In the times of the unraveling of our world, it is essential to stand against the combustion, mining and disregard for life. Life is in water, air, and relatives who have wings, fins, roots, and paws, and all of them are threatened by climate change--as are people themselves. Grossman and Parker have done an excellent job in telling the stories of climate change, and the people who are standing to make a difference for all of us. Change is indeed made by people, and climate change must be addressed by a movement, strong, strident, and courageous." -Winona La Duke, executive director of Honor The Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project

Table Of ContentTribute to RenéeKlosterman Foreword: Looking Ahead: Northwest Tribes'' Responses toClimate Change / Billy Frank, Jr. (Nisqually), Chair, North WestIndian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) Volume Introduction / Alan Parker (Chippewa-Cree), Evergreenfaculty, NIARI Director; Zoltán Grossman, Evergreen faculty, NIARIsenior research associate Part 2: Cultural Perspectives Part Introduction Indigenous Declarations on the Climate Crisis Anchorage Declaration of Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on ClimateChange; International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change policypaper; Mystic Lake Declaration of Native Peoples/ Native Homelands IIworkshop 2009; Native Peoples/Native Homelands 1998 North American IndigenousConcerns Alaska: Testimony from the Frontlines / Mike Williams (Yupiaq),co-chair of the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council Sharing One Skin / Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan Syilx),En''owkin Centre executive director, Penticton, BritishColumbia Where Words Touch the Earth: Tribal Students Produce a ClimateChange Video on the Coast Salish Moons / Greg Mahle (Upper Skagit)and Lexie Tom (Lummi), Northwest Indian College, Lummi Nation Watching for the Signs / Chief Willie Charlie, Chehalis(Sts''Ailes), First Nation Chief; Vice-President of Union of B.C.Indian Chiefs Different Ways of Looking at Things / Larry Merculieff (Aleut),Seven Generations Consulting, Pribilof Islands, Alaska Part 3: Effects of the Climate Crisis Part Introduction Impacts on Northwest Tribes / Terry Williams (Tulalip) andPreston Hardison, Tulalip Tribes natural resources staff Climate Change Implications for Quileute and Hoh Tribes ofWashington / Chelsie Papiez, Evergreen graduate student; NOAAFellow. Maori Perspectives on Climate Change / Brett Ata Stephenson(Maori), Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences at the Maoriuniversity Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi Impacts of Global Climate Change / Brad Burnham, Evergreengraduate student Effects of Climate Change on Women''s and Children''sHealth / Debra McNutt, Evergreen graduate student, for theCommunity Alliance and Peacemaking Project Part 4: Current Responses Part Introduction Indigenous Responses to the International Climate Change Framework /Zoltán Grossman, Evergreen faculty, NIARI senior researchassociate On Our Own Adapting to Climate Change / Rudolph C. Rÿser(Cowlitz), Chair, Center for World Indigenous Studies Swinomish Climate Change Initiative / Excerpts from Draft ImpactAssessment Technical Report and Climate Adaptation Action Plan Honorable Community Engagement / Shelly Vendiola(Swinomish/Lummi/Filipina), Swinomish Climate Change Initiative''sClimate Change Education and Awareness Group Native Renewable Energies / Articles on the national overviewand Tulalip''s Qualco Energy biogas project Part 5: Possible Paths Part Introduction Kaua e mangere -- Do Not Be Idle: Maori Responses in a Time ofClimate Change / Brett "Ata" Stephenson (Maori)environmental scientist Potential Paths for Native Nations / Laural Ballew (Lummi) andRenée Klosterman, Evergreen graduate students No Longer the "Miner''s Canary": IndigenousNations'' Responses to Climate Change / Zoltán Grossman,Evergreen faculty, NIARI senior research associate Recommendations to Indigenous Government Leadership / AlanParker (Chippewa-Cree), Evergreen faculty, NIARI Director Back matter/Resources Native Climate Change Resource Directory / Jamie Bown, Evergreenstudent, NIARI research associate, and Zoltán Grossman Listing of Indigenous governments, NGOs and communities researchingand responding to climate change Northwest Tribes: Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change Community Organizing Booklet, edited by Debra McNutt, NIARI researchassociate Contributors'' Biographies

SynopsisTimely collection of writings on the controversial subject of the climate crisis from the perspective of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Rim., Indigenous nations are on the frontline of the climate crisis of the21st century with cultures and economies that are among themost vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes. Native peoples aroundthe Pacific Rim are also demonstrating historical resilience bydeveloping responses to climate change that can serve as a model forNative and non-Native communities alike. Native American nations in the Pacific Northwest and Indigenouspeoples around the Pacific Rim have been deeply affected by droughts,flooding, reduced glaciers and snowmelts that harm fish habitats,seasonal shifts in winds and storms, the northward shifting of specieson the land and in the ocean, and many other factors that affecttribes' ability to continue cultural lifeways and treaty rights.Native peoples have survived the deep historical trauma and ecologicalwounds inflicted by colonization, epidemics, industrialization andurbanization. Indigenous peoples are creating defenses to harden theircommunities, mitigate losses, and adapt where possible, using tools ofresilience that can have historically enabled tribes to respond tosudden environmental changes. This anthology reflects different perspectives on Indigenous responsesto the climate crisis, including the voices of traditional triballeadership, Native and non-Native scientists, scholars and activistsfrom the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Alaska, and Aotearoa /New Zealand. The book will be an important reference for students ofEnvironmental Studies, Native Studies, geography, rural sociology, andother disciplines examining climate change., Indigenous nations are on the front line of the climate crisis. With cultures and economies among the most vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes, Native peoples are developing twenty-first century responses to climate change that serve as a model for Natives and non-Native communities alike. Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Indigenous peoples around the Pacific Rim have already been deeply affected by droughts, flooding, reduced glaciers and snowmelts, seasonal shifts in winds and storms, and the northward movement of species on the land and in the ocean. Using tools of resilience, Native peoples are creating defenses to strengthen their communities, mitigate losses, and adapt where possible. Asserting Native Resilienc e presents a rich variety of perspectives on Indigenous responses to the climate crisis, reflecting the voices of more than twenty contributors, including tribal leaders, scientists, scholars, and activists from the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Alaska, and Aotearoa / New Zealand, and beyond. Also included is a resource directory of Indigenous governments, NGOs, and communities and a community organizing booklet for use by Northwest tribes.

LC Classification NumberGF798.A77 2012