Traditional Ecological Knowledge And Natural Resource Management

by Menzies, Charles R.

• ISBN13: 9780803232464
• ISBN10: 0803232462
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
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View the Table of Contents, an excerpt, and a list of contributors Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Managementexamines 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. 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 ofBC 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. Also of interest:The Walleye War: The Struggle for Ojibwe Spearfishing and Treaty Rightsby Larry Nesper

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction Understanding Ecological Knowledge	1	(20)
Charles R. Menzies and Caroline Butler
Part I: Indigenous Practices and Natural Resources
1. Tidal Pulse Fishing	21	(26)
Selective Traditional Tlingit Salmon Fishing Techniques on the West Coast of the Prince of Wales Archipelago
Steve J. Langdon
2. As It Was in the Past	47	(18)
A Return to the Use of Live-Capture Technology in the Aboriginal Riverine Fishery
Kimberly Linkous Brown
3. The Forest and the Seaweed	65	(22)
Gitga'at Seaweed, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Community Survival
Nancy J. Turner and Helen Clifton
4. Ecological Knowledge, Subsistence, and Livelihood Practices	87	(20)
The Case of the Pine Mushroom Harvest in Northwestern British Columbia
Charles R. Menzies
Part II: Local Knowledge and Contemporary Resource Management
5. Historicizing Indigenous Knowledge	107	(20)
Practical and Political Issues
Caroline Butler
6. The Case of the Missing Sheep	127	(26)
Time, Space, and the Politics of "Trust" in Co-management Practice
Paul Nadasdy
7. Local Knowledge, Multiple Livelihoods, and the Use of Natural and Social Resources in North Carolina	153	(22)
David Griffith
8. Integrating Fishers' Knowledge into Fisheries Science and Management	175	(20)
Possibilities, Prospects, and Problems
James R. McGoodwin
Part III: Learning from Local Ecological Knowledge
9. Honoring Aboriginal Science Knowledge and Wisdom in an Environmental Education Graduate Program	195	(26)
Gloria Snively
10. Traditional Wisdom as Practiced and Transmitted in Northwestern British Columbia, Canada	221	(16)
John Corsiglia
Afterword Making Connections for the Future	237	(6)
Charles R. Menzies
References	243	(18)
List of Contributors	261	(4)
Index	265