Shaping the future on Haida Gwaii : life beyond settler colonialism /

Too often Indigenous peoples have been portrayed as being without a future, destined either to disappear or assimilate into settler society. This book asserts quite the opposite. Indigenous peoples are not in any sense "out of time" in our contemporary world. Shaping the Future on Haida Gw...

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Main Author: Weiss, Joseph (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2018]
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Summary:Too often Indigenous peoples have been portrayed as being without a future, destined either to disappear or assimilate into settler society. This book asserts quite the opposite. Indigenous peoples are not in any sense "out of time" in our contemporary world. Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii shows how Indigenous peoples not only continue to have a future, but are at work building many different futures, for themselves and for their non-Indigenous neighbors. Through the experiences of the Haida First Nation, this book explores these possible futures in detail, demonstrating how Haida ways of thinking about time, mobility and political leadership are at the heart of contemporary strategies for addressing the dilemmas that come with life under settler colonialism.
Physical Description:xi, 230 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0774837586
9780774837583