When the caribou do not come : Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the western Arctic

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"In the 1990s, headlines about declining caribou populations grabbed international attention. Were caribou the canary in the coal mine for climate change, or did declining numbers reflect overharvesting or failed attempts at scientific wildlife management? Grounded in community-based research in northern Canada, a region in the forefront of co-management efforts, these collected stories and essays bring to the fore the insights of the Inuvialuit,...

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Caribou Canada, Northern

Indigenous peoples North America Hunting Canada, Northern

Inuit Hunting Canada, Northern

Traditional ecological knowledge Canada, Northern

Wildlife management Canada, Northern

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ISBN:

9780774831192

Description:

xiii, 263 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographic references and index

Contents:

From Tuktoyaktuk, Place of caribou / Frank Pokiak
The past facing forward : history and caribou management in northern Canada / John Sandlos
Recounting caribou / Brenda Parlee
Beyond the harvest study / Brenda Parlee, Natalie Zimmer, and Peter Boxall
We are the people of the caribou / Morris Neyelle
Harvesting in Dene territory : the connection of Ɂepę́ (caribou) to the culture and identity of the Shúhtagot'i̧nȩ / Leon Andrew
Dene youth perspectives : learning skills on the land / Roger McMillan
Time, effort, practice, and patience / Anne Marie Jackson
The wage economy and caribou harvesting / Zoe Todd and Brenda Parlee
Caribou and the politics of sharing / Tobi Jeans Maracle, Glenna Tetlichi, Norma Kassi, and David Natcher
Recollections of caribou use and management / Robert Charlie
Ways we respect caribou : a comparison of rules and rules-in-use in the management of the porcupine caribou / Kristine Wray
Letting the leaders pass : barriers to using traditional ecological knowledge in co-management as the basis of formal hunting regulations / Elisabeth Padilla and Gary P. Kofinas
Linking the kitchen table and boardroom table : women in caribou management / Brenda Parlee, Kristine Wray, and Zoe Todd

Control Number:

2596393

Other Authors:

Caine, Ken, 1963- editor
Parlee, Brenda, 1970- editor

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