"An important contribution to scholarship about First Nations of the Northwest Coast."-Eric Oakley, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Magazine
"Each of these chapters provides excellent case studies for teaching about Indigenous resource management and place-making and the continuity of these practices in spite of colonization and capitalism."-Sara V. Komarnisky, Canadian Journal of Native Studies
"An engaging and important book. . . . Menzies effectively weaves archaeology and linguistics into People of the Saltwater, which also contains considerable history: oral history, written history, and Menzies's own personal history. . . . [It] may be viewed as a hybrid, or crossover book that straddles the boundary between scholarly and popular. It is a significant addition to the scholarship of, and by, Indigenous peoples in British Columbia."-Robert Muckle, BC Booklook
"An important addition to the Northwest Coast canon. Defying categorization, [People of the Saltwater] will be a meaningful contribution to class reading lists for Native studies, anthropology, and Northwest Coast studies and to everyone interested in the people and history of the Northwest Coast. . . . [People of the Saltwater] is complex and rich, with an intimate understanding of the intricacies of Git lax m'oon history and culture and the people's relationship with their environment and natural resources."-Frank Kelderman, American Indian Quarterly
"The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast have a special place in the history of anthropology, as they do in the development of autoethnography or native ethnography. . . . People of the Saltwater continues both of these proud traditions. It is a contemporary ethnography of a Tsimshian or Gitxaala community living still on British Columbia's coast, written by an anthropologist who is himself a descendant of that society."-David Eller, Anthropology Review
"[Menzies] astutely forefronts Native terms before their Canadian English translations to establish respectful priorities. . . . Because this is a contemporary ethnography by a native son, current legal and cultural issues are highlighted, firmly set within the context of a vibrant culture grounded in hereditary rights, adaawx, and wise leaders. . . . Of particular note, Menzies pays tribute to William Beynon, a Wolf-title holder (Gwisk'aayn), literate speaker, and prolific ethnographer and colleague of almost all the 'greats' of Northwest Coast anthropology."-Jay Miller, Journal of Anthropological Research
"Menzies's ethnography of the Gitxaa?a people is highly personal, enjoyably engaging, and a welcome contribution to community-based scholarship on the Northwest Coast. . . . Menzies's analysis adds a clear voice to conversations about the impacts of global industrial processes on local peoples."-Thomas McIlwraith, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Guelph and author of "We Are Still Didene": Stories of Hunting and History from Northern British Columbia