Stories We Live: On the Hoop with Nomads of the Northwest
Institution: | University of Oregon |
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Year: | 2016 |
Posted: | 02/05/2017 |
Record ID: | 2065059 |
Full text PDF: | http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19733 |
This thesis is an ethnography of a grassroots network of nomadic “rewilders” who travel in the Northwest United States’ Great Basin region. They gather and replant wild foods in a seasonal round referred to as the “Sacred Hoop.” In five chapters, this work explores how “Hoopsters” generate, appropriate, use, and live into various narratives, here called “story-lines,” as they negotiate a meshwork of relationships with myriad overlapping human and non-human collectives. Special attention is paid to the Hoopsters’ land ethic, as well as their interactions with local Native communities. Advisors/Committee Members: Wojcik, Daniel (advisor).