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A drum in one hand, a sockeye in the other : stories of indigenous food sovereignty from the Northwest Coast

A drum in one hand, a sockeye in the other : stories of indigenous food sovereignty from the Northwest Coast

Book 2021

"In the dense rainforest of the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Somass River (c̓uumaas) brings sockeye salmon (miaat) into the Nuu-chah-nulth community of Tseshaht. C̓uumaas and miaat are central to the sacred food practices that have been a crucial part of the Indigenous community's efforts to enact food sovereignty, decolonize their diet, and preserve their ancestral knowledge. In A Drum in One Hand, a Salmon in the Other, Charlotte Coté s...