Settler Cannabis

From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California

Kaitlin P. Reed, Charlotte Coté, Coll Thrush

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English

University of Washington Press
19 July 2023

History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Indigenous peoples; Conservation of the environment; Local history

Series: Indigenous Confluences

"Young countercultural back-to-the-land settlers flocked to northwestern California beginning in the 1960s, and by the 1970s, unregulated cannabis production proliferated on Indigenous lands. As of 2021, the California cannabis economy was valued at $3.5 billion. In Settler Cannabis, Kaitlin Reed demonstrates how this ""green rush"" is only the most recent example of settler colonial resource extraction and wealth accumulation. Situating the cannabis industry within this broader legacy, the author traces patterns of resource rushing--first gold, then timber, then fish, and now cannabis--to reveal the ongoing impacts on Indigenous cultures, lands, waters, and bodies.

Reed shares this history to inform the path toward an alternative future, one that starts with the return of land to Indigenous stewardship and rejects the commodification and control of nature for profit. Combining archival research with testimonies and interviews with tribal members, tribal employees, and settler state employees, Settler Cannabis offers a groundbreaking analysis of the environmental consequences of cannabis cultivation that foregrounds Indigenous voices, experiences, and histories."

By: Kaitlin P. Reed
Series edited by: Charlotte Coté, Coll Thrush
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 623g
ISBN: 9780295751559
ISBN 10: 029575155X
Series: Indigenous Confluences
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 19 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kaitlin Reed (Yurok/Hupa/Oneida) is assistant professor of Native American studies at Humboldt State University.

Reviews for Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California

"""This book may interest a variety of audiences as it covers topics such as environmentalism, Indigenous history, decolonization, California history, and more. It is an important inclusion in the current scholarship, but it is also important for a broader audience as it shows the steps forward for a better future in a time where we have no choice but to make changes to survive."" * Western Historical Quarterly *"