Dr. Charlottte Coté

Dr. Charlotte Coté is a Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is from the Nuu-chah-nulth community of Tseshaht on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Dr. Coté has dedicated her personal and academic life to creating awareness around Indigenous health and wellness issues and to working with Indigenous peoples and communities in revitalizing their traditional foodways. Her recent book, A Drum in one Hand, A Sockeye in the Other. Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast (UW Press, 2022) is the winner of the 2023 Western History Association’s Donald L. Fixico Award and the 2023 Nautilus Books Gold Award.

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She is also the author of the book, Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors. Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions (UW Press, 2010) as well as numerous articles. Dr. Coté serves as series editor for the UW Press’ Indigenous Confluences Series. She is the founder and chair of UW’s annual "Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ"" Indigenous Foods Symposium.