Rights Remembered

A Salish Grandmother Speaks on American Indian History and the Future

Pauline R Hillaire author Gregory P Fields editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Published:1st May '16

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Rights Remembered is a remarkable historical narrative and autobiographywritten by esteemed Lummi elder and culture bearer PaulineHillaire, Scälla–Of the Killer Whale. A direct descendant of the immediatepostcontact generation of Coast Salish in Washington State,Hillaire combines in her narrative life experiences, Lummi oral traditionspreserved and passed on to her, and the written record ofrelationships between the United States and the indigenous peoplesof the Northwest Coast to tell the story of settlers, government officials,treaties, and reservations, and the colonial relationship between CoastSalish and the white newcomers.Hillaire’s autobiography, although written out of frustration with thestatus of Native peoples in America, is not an expression of anger butrather represents, in her own words, her hope “for greater justice forIndian people in America, and for reconciliation between Indian andnon-Indian Americans, based on recognition of the truths of history.”Addressed to Indigenous and non-Native peoples alike, this is athoughtful call for understanding and mutual respect between cultures.

"This book should be read by anyone interested in the Native perspective on the history of the Pacific Northwest."—Daniel L. Boxberger, Pacific Northwest Quarterly
“As a culture bearer and revered elder of the Lummi Nation, Pauline Hillaire (Scälla–Of the Killer Whale) is a national treasure. In Rights Remembered she brings her distinctive voice to the issues of treaty rights, subsistence, and the revitalization of indigenous cultures. Comparable in scope to the work of Vine Deloria, this book provides a much-needed perspective on American history and the encounter between Native people and Euro-Americans in the Pacific Northwest. It is an invaluable contribution.”—Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, author of Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest
 
“Pauline Hillaire has spent a lifetime documenting her tribe’s rights. Together with Gregory Fields, she has created a monumental plea for the recognition of Lummi and other Northwest Coast Native American rights in a work grounded in the evidence and enlivened with her family’s personal stories.”—David R. M. Beck, author of Seeking Recognition: The Termination and Restoration of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, 1855-1984
“An elder of the Lummi Tribe, [Hillaire] offers readers the culmination of years of research undertaken out of respect for her culture and her extensive and well-known family. . . . Though her focus is the Pacific Northwest and especially her Salish people, her words will resonate with many outside the region. Hillaire is a historian, but one who tells her story through the testament of her ancestors and the wisdom of her long, considered personal experience.”—L. De Danaan, Choice

ISBN: 9780803245846

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486 pages