Overview

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management examines how traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is taught and practiced today among Native communities. Of special interest is the complex relationship between indigenous ecological practices and other ways of interacting with the environment, particularly regional and national programs of natural resource management. Focusing primarily on the northwest coast of North America, scholars look at the challenges and opportunities confronting the local practice of indigenous ecological knowledge in a range of communities, including the Tsimshian, the Nisga’a, the Tlingit, the Gitksan, the Kwagult, the Sto:lo, and the northern Dene in the Yukon. The experts consider how traditional knowledge is taught and learned and address the cultural importance of different subsistence practices using natural elements such as seaweed (Gitga’a), pine mushrooms (Tsimshian), and salmon (Tlingit). Several contributors discuss the extent to which national and regional programs of resource management need to include models of TEK in their planning and execution. This volume highlights the different ways of seeing and engaging with the natural world and underscores the need to acknowledge and honor the ways that indigenous peoples have done so for generations.

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Author:   Charles R. Menzies
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780803232464

ISBN 10:   0803232462
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   01 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction (Charles R. Menzies - University of British Columbia and Caroline Butler -University of Northern British Columbia)Part 1: Indigenous Practices and Natural Resources1: Tidal Pulse Fishing: Selective Traditional Tlingit Salmon Fishing Techniques on the West Coast of the Prince of Wales Archipelago (Steve J. Langdon - University of Alaska-Anchorage); 2: As it was in the Past: A Return to the Use of Live Capture Technology in the Aboriginal Riverine Fishery (Kimberly Linkous Brown); 3: The Forest and the Seaweed: Gitga'at Seaweed, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Community Survival (Nancy J. Turner - University of Victoria and Helen Clifton - Elder of the Gitga'at Nation); 4: Ecological Knowledge, Subsistence, and Livelihood Practices: The Case of the Pine Mushroom Harvest in Northwestern British Columbia (Charles R. Menzies)Part 2: Local Knowledge and Contemporary Resource Management5: Historizing Indigenous Knowledge: Practical and Political Issues (Caroline Butler); 6: The Case of the Missing Sheep: Time, Space, and the Politics of ""Trust"" in Co-Management Practice (Paul Nadasdy - University of Wisconsin-Madison); 7: Local Knowledge, Multiple Livelihoods, and the Use of Natural and Social Resources in North Carolina. (David Griffith - East Carolina University); 8: Integrating Fishers' Knowledge into Fisheries Science and Management: Possibilities, Prospects, and Problems (James R. McGoodwin - University of Colorado-Boulder)Part 3: Learning from Local Ecological Knowledge: Practical Approaches9: Honoring Aboriginal Science Knowledge and Wisdom in an Environmental Education Graduate Program (Gloria Snively - University of Victoria); 10: Traditional Wisdom as Practiced and Transmitted in Northwestern British Columbia, Canada (John Corsiglia - University of Victoria)Afterword: Making Connections for the Future (Charles R. Menzies)"

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Charles R. Menzies is a member of the Tsimshian nation and an associate professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He is a coauthor of BC First Nations Studies. The contributors include Kimberly Linkous Brown, Caroline Butler, Helen Clifton, John Corsiglia, David Griffith, Stephen J. Langdon, James McGoodwin, Charles R. Menzies, Paul Nadasdy, Gloria Snively, and Nancy Turner.

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