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Spirits of the coast : orcas in science, art and history / edited by Martha Black, Lorne Hammond and Gavin Hanke, with Nikki Sanchez.

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Royal BC Museum, 2020.

599.536074 S759s

9780772677686 (hc.)

206 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Museum curators (Martha Black, Lorne Hammond and Gavin Hanke) and an environmental educator (Nikki Sanchez) assembled together magic, myths, and ecology of orcas in this collection of voices ranging from Briony Penn to David Suzuki, Gary Geddes and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. A literary and visual journey through past and possibility, 'Spirits of the Coast' illustrates how these enigmatic animals have shaped us, as much as our actions have impacted them, and provokes the reader to imagine the shape of our shared future. Long feared in Western cultures as 'killer whales,' and respected and honoured by Indigenous cultures as friends, family or benefactors, orcas are complex social beings with culture and language of their own.

Hammond, Lorne, 1955-

Hanke, Gavin, 1967-

Sanchez, Nikki, 1986-

Royal British Columbia Museum, publisher.

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