Description
Book SynopsisCountering colonial ideas about Indigenous peoples being frozen in time and without a future, this provocative book explores the ways in which members of the Haida Nation are shaping myriad possible futures to address the dilemmas that come with life under settler colonialism.
Trade Review[
Shaping the Future] is a thought-provoking read, offering many important table-turning insights relevant to reconciliation and understanding any society’s resiliency through times of economic, political, and environmental uncertainties. -- Gillian Crowther * Canadian Journal of Native Studies *
Weiss’s respect and relationships with the residents of Gaw and his commitment to ethical, reciprocal, and meaningful research comes through in this intriguing book.
-- Molly Clarkson, Haida Gwaii resident * The Ormsby Review *
Table of ContentsPart 1: Pasts and Futures
1 An Introduction to Haida Future-Making in Old Massett
2 The Everyday Temporalities of Life on Haida Gwaii
Part 2: Home
3 Coming Home to Haida Gwaii: Haida Departures and Returns in the Future Perfect
4 Of Hippies and Haida: Fantasy, Future-Making, and the Allure of Haida Gwaii
Part 3: Care
5 Leading “from the Bottom of the Pole”: Care and Governance in the Haida World
6 Precarious Authority: Endangerment and the Political Promise to Protect Haida Gwaii
Conclusion: Unsettling Futures
Notes; References; Index
