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Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
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What is a Whale? Cetacean Value at the Bering Strait, 1848–1900
Bathsheba Demuth looks at the value of whales for indigenous peoples around the Bering Strait.
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When Environmentalists Crossed the Strait: Subsistence Whalers, Hippies, and the Soviets
Ryan Tucker Jones recounts how environmental activist organizations came into conflict with indigenous groups in the Bering Straight.
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Ngarrindjeri Whaling Narratives and Reconciliation at Encounter Bay, South Australia
Adam Paterson and Chris Wilson consider Ngarrindjeri contributions to Southern Australia’s nineteenth-century whaling industry.
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Whales and Whaling in Puget Sound Coast Salish History and Culture
Jonathan Clapperton details the importance of whaling to Puget Sound Coast Salish people (Puget Salish) along the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Paikea: Whale People in the Modern Whaling Era
Billie Lythberg and Wayne Ngata explore what it means to be whale people in the modern whaling period.
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Whale Peoples and Pacific Worlds
Joshua L. Reid concludes that the history of Pacific whaling has undergone a scholarly renaissance.
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Summary and Concluding Remarks
Camilla Brattland and Dorothee Schreiber emphasize that, despite varying stances on salmon farming, Indigenous communities share a commitment to protecting wild salmon, asserting their rights and perspectives, and promoting collaborative decision-making locally and globally.
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A Mi´gmaq Perspectives on Wild Salmon Management and the Salmon Farming Industry
A long struggle on the part of the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj to continue fishing, despite arrests and financial pressures, has cleared the way for the resurgent power of Mi’gmaq law to govern the fishery, and to face the salmon aquaculture industry with confidence.
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Delay, Deny, & Distract: Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk Experience with the Aquaculture Industry
Bob Chamberlin presents Owadi, chief of the Kwicksutaineuk Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nation, as advocating for the protection of Indigenous rights and territories by opposing harmful fish farming practices and demanding meaningful inclusion of First Nations in regulatory decisions.