Changer is coming: history, identity and the land among the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of the North Olympic Peninsula
Boyd CE. 2001. Changer is coming: history, identity and the land among the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of the North Olympic Peninsula. University of Washington
From the Abstract: "The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (LEKT) of the north Olympic Peninsula in Washington State is one of several governmental partners involved in the removal to two hydroelectric dams from the Elwha River. In addition to dismantling the dams, which were illegally constructed by venture capitalists in the early 20th century, the tribe is assisting in the environmental restoration of the river and surrounding habitat as well as its anadromous fish runs. This study, through the analysis of historical and cultural antecedents leading to the construction of the dams and the tribe's subsequent involvement with environmental remediation, considers how place, history and colonizing process have articulated within this Coast Salish community to inform contemporary ideas about cultural survival, resiliency and nation-building."
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Boyd, Colleen
- Date of Issue
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- cultural resource study, Dam Removal, Dissertation, Elwha River Watershed, Ethnology, History, The Elwha