Indigenous nations are on the frontline of the climate crisis of the twenty-first century, as the first peoples to experience climate change and the communities who feel it most deeply, with cultures and economies that are vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes. Yet Indigenous peoples around the Pacific Rim are also demonstrating historical resilience in the face of adversity, developing responses to climate change that can serve as a model for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities alike. Asserting Native Resilience presents a powerful anthology of writings from Canada, the US, and New Zealand that explore Indigenous responses to the climate crisis from a rich variety of perspectives.

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Alan Parker is executive director of the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute at Evergreen State College. Zoltán Grossman is a professor of geography and Native American and world indigenous peoples studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

“Evergreen State College Professors Zoltan Grossman and Alan Parker have done the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Rim, including our Tribal nations in the Northwest, a great service by assembling this book. Asserting Native Resilience speaks for the Native people who are the most directly impacted by climate change. We see the glaciers in our beautiful Olympic Mountains disappearing and our salmon and shellfish already hanging by a thread on the edge of extinction. It is past time that our fellow Americans wake up to the reality of climate change, heed the lessons from our sacred teachings, and stop listening to self-serving politicians, scientists, and corporations who want us to continue in a state of denial.”
--Fawn Sharp, President of the Quinault Indian Nation and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

“In the times of the unraveling of our world, it is essential to stand against the combustion, mining and disregard for life. Life is in water, air, and relatives who have wings, fins, roots, and paws, and all of them are threatened by climate change--as are people themselves. Grossman and Parker have done an excellent job in telling the stories of climate change, and the people who are standing to make a difference for all of us. Change is indeed made by people, and climate change must be addressed by a movement, strong, strident, and courageous.” —Winona La Duke, executive director of Honor The Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project