The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea

by Wadewitz, Lissa K.

• ISBN13: 9780295991825
• ISBN10: 0295991828
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-10
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

For centuries, borders have been central to salmon management customs on the Salish Sea, but how those borders were drawn has had very different effects on the Northwest salmon fishery. Native peoples who fished the Salish Sea drew social and cultural borders around salmon fishing locations and found ways to administer the resource in a sustainable way. Nineteenth-century European settlers took a different approach and drew the Anglo-American border along the forty-ninth parallel, ignoring the salmon#146;s patterns and life cycle. As the canned salmon industry grew and more people moved into the region, class and ethnic relations changed. The Nature of Bordersis about the ecological effects of creating cultural and political borders.

Author Biography

Lissa K. Wadewitz is assistant professor of history and environmental studies at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Pacific Borders: An Introduction	p. 3
Native Borders	p. 11
Fish, Fur, and Faith	p. 30
Remaking Native Space	p. 52
Fishing the Line: Border Bandits and Labor Unrest	p. 89
Pirates of the Salish Sea	p. 122
Policing the Border	p. 144
Conclusion: The Future of Salish Sea Salmon	p. 168
Abbreviations	p. 175
Notes	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 239
Index	p. 261
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