A "Whale" of a Problem: Indigenous Tradition vs. Ecological Taboo
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Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Indigenous Studies: Native North America in (Trans)Motion. ed. / Birgit Däwes; Karsten Fitz; Sabine N. Meyer. Vol. 1 New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. p. 172-184 (Routledge research in transnational indigenous perspectives).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - A "Whale" of a Problem
T2 - Indigenous Tradition vs. Ecological Taboo
AU - Moss, Maria
PY - 2015/4/24
Y1 - 2015/4/24
N2 - In 1999, the Makah hunted their first gray whale in over seventy years. Ever since that day in mid-May, the Makah Indian Reservation-located at the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula at the westernmost point of the continental U.S. in Washington State-has been torn between traditional tribal members asserting their indigenous rights and environmental activists criticizing the trespassing against an ecological taboo. Ironically, the same ecologically minded groups who had helped many Native tribes voice their concerns over outside, non-Native interference (in issues such as mining, drilling, waste dumps, and nuclear power plants) are now considered the outside interference. While traditional Makah are determined to fight for their ancestral whaling rights, conservationists and animal activists are determined to defend the ones who cannot defend themselves. Much seems unclear in this conflict; one issue, however, has become apparent beyond doubt: the environmental image of Native peoples deserves reconsideration.
AB - In 1999, the Makah hunted their first gray whale in over seventy years. Ever since that day in mid-May, the Makah Indian Reservation-located at the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula at the westernmost point of the continental U.S. in Washington State-has been torn between traditional tribal members asserting their indigenous rights and environmental activists criticizing the trespassing against an ecological taboo. Ironically, the same ecologically minded groups who had helped many Native tribes voice their concerns over outside, non-Native interference (in issues such as mining, drilling, waste dumps, and nuclear power plants) are now considered the outside interference. While traditional Makah are determined to fight for their ancestral whaling rights, conservationists and animal activists are determined to defend the ones who cannot defend themselves. Much seems unclear in this conflict; one issue, however, has become apparent beyond doubt: the environmental image of Native peoples deserves reconsideration.
KW - North American Studies
KW - Indigene Studien
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941776490&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781315716558
DO - 10.4324/9781315716558
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-138-86029-2
VL - 1
T3 - Routledge research in transnational indigenous perspectives
SP - 172
EP - 184
BT - Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Indigenous Studies
A2 - Däwes, Birgit
A2 - Fitz, Karsten
A2 - Meyer, Sabine N.
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - New York
ER -