Sãiçpálî: Biocultural Restoration of Whitebark Pine on the Flathead Reservation, Montana - Paperback

by Michael Jr. Durglo (Author), Richard G. Everett (Author), Tony Jr. Incashola (Author)

This book describes the efforts of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to save and restore sãiçpálî or whitebark pine, which is now threatened with extinction from accelerating and intensifying effects of the climate crisis and disease. Often there is too little communication and exchange between Indigenous communities working on issues of cultural survival and restoration and scientists focused on their own research methodologies and approaches. On the Flathead Reservation, however, these disparate worlds are being brought together in a visionary biocultural restoration effort to save whitebark pine.

Author Biography

Michael Durglo Jr., climate coordinator, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes; Richard G. Everett; Tony Incashola Jr.; Maureen I. McCarthy; ShiNaasha H. Pete; Joshua M. Rosenau; Séliñ-Qæispé Elders Cultural Advisory Council, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes; Thompson Smith, historian, Séliñ-Qæispé Culture Committee, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes; Shirley Trahan, elder and cultural adviser, Séliñ-Qæispé Culture Committee, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes; and Anne A. Carlson.