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• Title:Kaiāulu : gathering tides / Mehana Blaich Vaughan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Vaughan, Mehana Blaich, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection.
  
• Published/Created:Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2018]
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NAA V38 K35 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Conservation of natural resources--Hawaii--Kauai.
  
• Description:xix, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"The tide is rising ahead of the early morning sun on the northeast coast of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. Waves rush singing onto the outer reef where two throw net fishermen stalk the surge. An elderly woman with her silver hair in a kerchief makes her way toward shore, two octopuses tucked in her mesh bag. Within hours, two hundred tourists will snorkel, sunbathe, and teeter on the coral, few ever knowing that people fish here or that their catch sustains an entire kaiāulu (community) connected to this stretch of reef.
  This coast is known as a playground for tourists and backdrop for Hollywood movies, but catch from small local reefs, and the sharing of this abundance, has sustained area families for centuries, helping them to thrive through tidal waves, hurricanes, an influx of new residents, and economic recessions. Yet fishing families are increasingly invisible and many have moved away, threatened by global commodification and loss of access to coastal lands that are now private retreats for star entertainers, investors, and dot-com millionaires.
  Building on two decades of interviews with more than sixty Hawaiian elders, leaders, and fishermen and women, Kaiāulu shares their stories of enduring community efforts to perpetuate kuleana, often translated to mean “rights and responsibilities.” Community actions extend kuleana to include nurturing respectful relationships with resources, guarding and cultivating fishing spots, perpetuating collective harvests and sharing, maintaining connection to family lands, reasserting local governance rooted in ancestral values, and preparing future generations to carry on." -- Provided by the publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780870719226 paperback
  087071922X paperback