Possessing Meares Island Book JOURNAL It is called Xesdu’wäxw (Huschduwaschdu)

It is called Xesdu’wäxw (Huschduwaschdu) for ‘blue

naturalist David Pitt-Brooke meditates on one of Earth s last untouched places Vancouver Island s fabled Clayoquot Sound

Tucked into Clayoquot Sound

The Earth's Blanket combines first-person research with insightful critiques of Western concepts of environmental management and scientific ecology to propose how systems of traditional ecological knowledge can be recognized and enhanced

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Possessing Meares Island Book JOURNAL It is called Xesdu’wäxw (Huschduwaschdu)Author: Barry Gough Centred on Meares Island, located near Tofino on Vancouver Islands west coast, Possessing Meares Island weaves a unique history out of the mists of time by connecting eighteenth century Indigenous colonial trade relations to more recent historical upheavals. Gough invites readers to enter a dramatic epoch of BCs coastal history and watch the Nuu chah nulth nations spearhead the maritime sea otter trade, led by powerful chiefs like