Indigenous Stewardship of Marine Resources in the Pacific Northwest

This course situates the study of Pacific Northwest marine resource management in the context of historical and contemporary Indigenous stewardship. Students will gain an introductory understanding of the use of traditional ecological knowledge in management for aquatic resource harvesting and enhancement, including how this knowledge and relational systems are embedded in socioeconomic interactions and worldviews. Students will learn how traditional practices are disrupted by settler colonialism and how contemporary Northwest tribal management needs define their marine stewardship in the current state of colonized land and water use. Attention will be given to the sociopolitical context and legal requirements of marine resource co-management between sovereign tribal nations and other government entities in the State of Washington, and the broader eco-region. 

This is one of four core courses that comprise the Marine Bioresources Certificate at Evergreen. Courses can be taken in any order.