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This book examines ways of conserving, managing, and interacting
with plant and animal resources by Native American cultural groups
of the Pacific Coast of North America, from Alaska to California.
These practices helped them maintain and restore ecological balance
for thousands of years. Building upon the authors' and others'
previous works, the book brings in perspectives from ethnography
and marine evolutionary ecology. The core of the book consists of
Native American testimony: myths, tales, speeches, and other texts,
which are treated from an ecological viewpoint. The focus on
animals and in-depth research on stories, especially early
recordings of texts, set this book apart. The book is divided into
two parts, covering the Northwest Coast, and California. It then
follows the division in lifestyle between groups dependent largely
on fish and largely on seed crops. It discusses how the survival of
these cultures functions in the contemporary world, as First
Nations demand recognition and restoration of their ancestral
rights and resource management practices.
A riveting look at how dog and humans became best friends, and the
first history of dog domestication to include insights from
indigenous peoples In this fascinating book, Raymond Pierotti and
Brandy Fogg change the narrative about how wolves became dogs and
in turn, humanity's best friend. Rather than describe how people
mastered and tamed an aggressive, dangerous species, the authors
describe coevolution and mutualism. Wolves, particularly ones
shunned by their packs, most likely initiated the relationship with
Paleolithic humans, forming bonds built on mutually recognized
skills and emotional capacity. This interdisciplinary study draws
on sources from evolutionary biology as well as tribal and
indigenous histories to produce an intelligent, insightful, and
often unexpected story of cooperative hunting, wolves protecting
camps, and wolf-human companionship. This fascinating assessment is
a must-read for anyone interested in human evolution, ecology,
animal behavior, anthropology, and the history of canine
domestication.
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