Summary

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.

Introduction Understanding Ecological Knowledge

(20)

Charles R. Menzies and Caroline Butler

Part I: Indigenous Practices and Natural Resources

1. Tidal Pulse Fishing

(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

(18)

A Return to the Use of Live-Capture Technology in the Aboriginal Riverine Fishery

Kimberly Linkous Brown

3. The Forest and the Seaweed

(22)

Gitga'at Seaweed, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Community Survival

Nancy J. Turner and Helen Clifton

4. Ecological Knowledge, Subsistence, and Livelihood Practices

(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

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