{"product_id":"fishing-in-contested-waters","title":"Fishing in Contested Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the Supreme Court of Canada’s 1999 Marshall decision recognized Mi’kmaw fishers’ treaty right to fish, the fishers entered the inshore lobster fishery across Atlantic Canada. At Burnt Church\/Esgenoôpetitj, New Brunswick, the Mi’kmaw fishery provoked violent confrontations with neighbours and the Canadian government. Over the next two years, boats, cottages, and a sacred grove were burned, people were shot at and beaten, boats rammed and sunk, roads barricaded, and the local wharf occupied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on 12 months of ethnographic field work in Burnt Church\/Esgenoôpetitj, \u003cem\u003eFishing in Contested Waters\u003c\/em\u003e explores the origins of this dispute and the beliefs and experiences that motivated the locals involved in it. Weaving the perspectives of Native and non-Native people together, Sarah J. King examines the community as a contested place, simultaneously Mi’kmaw and Canadian. Drawing on philosophy and indigenous, environmental, and religious studies, \u003cem\u003eFishing in Contested Waters\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the deep roots of contemporary conflicts over rights, sovereignty, conservation, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Sarah J. King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575396237494,"sku":"9781442641761","price":49.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442641761_07cbc175-c7cc-4b44-98f5-befb36662c4c.jpg?v=1727458308","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/fishing-in-contested-waters","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}