Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America

Product Description A First Nations chief/scholar sets the tone of these 11 chapters by challenging the trend of "colonizers talking among themselves" about the relationship between humans and the world. Deur (Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, U. of Washington) and Turner (environmental studies and geography, U. of Victoria, Canada) similarly challenge early anthropologists' view that indigenous Northwest Coast peoples did not cultivate plants. Contributors re-conceptualize native plant management practices. The book, which grew out of a symposium held in 1997 in Seattle, features b&w photos (some by E.C. Curtis) of native people and plants. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) From the Publisher "A most welcome addition to the literature on the nature of the evolutionary transition from hunting-gathering-fishing modes of production to those based in great measure on agriculture." -- Eugene Hunn, University of Washington About the Author Douglas Deur is research coordinator with the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit at the University of Washington and adjunct professor of geography at the University of Nevada, Reno. Nancy J. Turner is distinguished professor in environmental studies and geography at the University of Victoria. The other contributors include Kenneth M. Ames, E. Richard Atleo (Umeek), Melissa Darby, Douglas Hallett, James T. Jones, Dana Lepofsky, Ken Lertzman, Rolf Mathewes, James McDonald, Albert (Sonny) McHalsie, Madonna L. Moss, Sandra Peacock, Bruce D. Smith, Robin Smith, Wayne Suttles, and Kevin Washbrook.