The SWELSWÁLET of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation: narratives of a “nation (re)building process”

dc.contributor.authorFritz, Justin
dc.contributor.supervisorThom, Brian David
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-07T21:49:10Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-12-07
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Anthropologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this Master’s thesis, I document my experience working with members of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation in their efforts to revitalize the reef net fishery. As part of this research project, I interviewed W̱SÁNEĆ community members, and I created a digital map of reef net fishing locations (SWELSWÁLET). In each of these interviews, different W̱SÁNEĆ community members chose to frame reef net fishing differently, and they highlighted specific and unique “alternative political approaches” toward W̱SÁNEĆ cultural resurgence (Kew & Miller 1999:58-59). Despite these differences, each W̱SÁNEĆ community member that I interviewed believed that reef net fishing is something that “needs to be shared” (XA’LATE, pers. comm., June 14, 2016). In Chapter 1, I explore the variations in what specific W̱SÁNEĆ community members want shared. In Chapters 2 and 3, however, I examine the delicate cultural, political, and legal contexts that have made sharing a complicated process. In Chapter 2, I analyze how the BC Treaty Process (BCTP) has exacerbated conflicts among First Nations in British Columbia. Further, I discuss the impact that these conflicts have had on how the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation shares information with their intranational and international neighbours. In Chapter 3, I explore how my misaligned expectations of knowledge sharing in collaborative community-based research—as a white settler man—clashed with “the values and beliefs, practices and customs of [the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation]” (L. Smith 2012:15-16; Lassiter 2005). I also make recommendations for how settler researchers in the future should proceed with research projects in these contexts.en_US
dc.description.embargo2019-12-06
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8842
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectIndigenous peoplesen_US
dc.subjectReef Net Fishingen_US
dc.subjectBC Treaty Processen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-based Researchen_US
dc.subjectCollaborative Researchen_US
dc.subjectColonialismen_US
dc.subjectResilienceen_US
dc.subjectEthnographyen_US
dc.subjectW̱SÁNEĆ Nationen_US
dc.subjectSaanichen_US
dc.subjectFirst Nationsen_US
dc.subjectVancouver Islanden_US
dc.subjectCross Border Studiesen_US
dc.subjectResistanceen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Resurgenceen_US
dc.titleThe SWELSWÁLET of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation: narratives of a “nation (re)building process”en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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