“Hishuk Tsawak” (Everything Is One/Connected): A Huu-ay-aht Worldview for Seeing Forestry in British Columbia, Canada

摘要: Huu-ay-aht First Nation has been undergoing treaty negotiations with the governments of British Columbia and Canada for past 15 years. A settlement will allow Huu-ay-ahts to re-introduce their traditional forest management practices based on Hishuk Tsawak—a worldview that means “everything is one/connected.” Despite centuries oppression from colonial postcolonial forces, Tsawak remains strong among lived as both a set spiritual beliefs daily practices, enacted through series defined cultural protocols. Most importantly, displays an ability be resilient in physical location territory, while at same time challenging resisting (acting around “edges” of) its social imposed by those dominant forces. Worldviews, such Tsawak, have potential conceive alternative way seeing forestry province.