Book
Land of the Quinault
Quinault Indian Nation • Taholah, Wash. • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Storm, Jacqueline M., Capoeman, Pauline K..
Abstract
This publication by the Quinault Indian Nation is an excellent history of the Quinault Indians from the days of earliest contact with European explorers and traders up to fishing rights disputes with the state of Washington. The subtext of the book is land rights as the authors document the claims of British and American explorers, the Quinault River Treaty of 1855, the Dawes Act of 1887, the invasion of the lumber companies, and the hard fought struggle to reclaim control of their land and resources by the Quinault Indians against lumber companies, the State of Washington, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The lumber industry dominated the region's economy. Clearcutting and a massive network of rivers, dams, rails, and roads transformed the landscape, rendering it unusable by Quinault fishermen. In the 1960s a new generation of university-educated Quinault leaders began the fight to change lumbering practices from slash-and-burn to sustained-yield practices which recognizes a more symbiotic relationship with the environment.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1775-1990
- Coverage Place
- Olympic Penninsula, Washington, United States
- Notes
- edited by Pauline K. Capoemen ; introduction by Joe DeLaCruz ; written by Jacqueline M. Storm with David Chance … [et al.] ; photographs by Larry Workman unless noted
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-310)
- LCCN
- 86060965
- LCSH
- Quinault Indians