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Nonhuman Livelihoods in the Columbia River Basin: A study of salmon-sea lion-human relations

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  • This work explores contemporary human-nonhuman relations in the Columbia River Basin of the Pacific Northwest United States. Specifically, it draws from Columbia sea lions to illustrate how salmon-sea lion-human relations are entangled in the North American Wildlife Management model of nonhuman genocide. It follows a multispecies ethnographic design where over 120 semi-structured interviews, participant observation (remote and in-person), archival data collection, and the Vertically Integrated Project model informed the findings. Sea lions provide detailed accounts of subjugation, disposition, and the uneven appropriation of biopower in the region. Traced are contemporary debates regarding salmon, lamprey, and steelhead against the backdrop of quasi-extinction to local fish populations. We situate this debate and focus on how Columbia sea lions have become objectified data through modern scientific intensification; how a mutualism orientation approach may better inform research intensive and education-based programs in transition; and how both Sea lion and Lower Columbia Indigenous Tribes continue their struggle for voice within the region. The concluding chapters argue for the legal adoption of nonhuman personhood applied to all species and individuals in North America, in conjunction with a New Paradigm of Ecological Rehabilitation that includes Indigenous rights, guardianship, and legal systems.
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