Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii
Book • 2018
In Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii, Joseph Weiss explores how Haida people actively create diverse futures—some rooted in tradition, others engaging new political and ecological possibilities—countering narratives that suggest Indigenous peoples are disappearing.
Based on fieldwork in Haida Gwaii, the book traces community efforts to sustain cultural, political, and environmental lifeways despite colonial pressures and land dispossession.
Weiss shows how these practices complicate settler assumptions and reveal Indigenous sovereignty as lived and persistent.
The book situates Haida strategies within broader discussions of decolonization and Indigenous resilience, offering detailed ethnographic accounts and analysis.
It argues for recognizing Indigenous temporalities and political projects beyond settler frameworks.
Based on fieldwork in Haida Gwaii, the book traces community efforts to sustain cultural, political, and environmental lifeways despite colonial pressures and land dispossession.
Weiss shows how these practices complicate settler assumptions and reveal Indigenous sovereignty as lived and persistent.
The book situates Haida strategies within broader discussions of decolonization and Indigenous resilience, offering detailed ethnographic accounts and analysis.
It argues for recognizing Indigenous temporalities and political projects beyond settler frameworks.
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