Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sustainability needs tested ideas from the Pacific Northwest; 2 The 'noble savage' spin game; 3 Northwest Coast world views; 4 Indian giving creates consumption connections to mirror ecosystem connections; 5 Contingent proprietorship provides cooperation; 6 Chiefs empower generous facilitators to resolve conflicts; 7 An alternative history of industrialization of the Northwest Coast; 8 How contingent proprietorship alone aids resilience: Kerr Dam relicensing; 9 Nisga'a Nation and Treaty
Summary
This book explores one indigenous society and how they managed to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years, showing how human systems connect environmental ethics and sustainable ecological practices through institutions
