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OCLC number
1243164061
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
Jacobsen, Petter.
Title
"With a connection to the land, our spirit is strong" Tlicho traditional knowledge of climate change and impacts for caribou hunting: implication for traditional knowledge research.
Degree
Master of Arts (MA) -- University of Northern British Columbia, 2012
Publisher
[Prince George, British Columbia] : University of Northern British Columbia 2012
Description
1 online resource
Notes
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1779636.
Abstract
My research was to document the Elders knowledge of climate change and the impacts on caribou hunting. The Elders explained starting in the 1960-70s the weather has become warmer and drier leading to a change in hunting locations and modified hunting times. Changes to wind patterns as well as changes to snow and ice conditions have caused uncertain weather predictions and increased the community members' focus on safety. The consequence of these impacts of climate change is an increased reliance on gas and money to sustain hunting. The Tlicho Elders tied these environmental changes to human-environment interactions and interpreted these climate changes with the larger process of social changes within modern society. Based on such social perspectives of the environment, I argue that Traditional Knowledge research of climate change needs to be based on an Indigenous perception, and I provide recommendations to indigenize climate change research with sub-arctic Indigenous peoples. --P. 2.
Other link(s)
doi.org
unbc.arcabc.ca
unbc.arcabc.ca
Subject
Dogrib Indians -- Northwest Territories.
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Northwest Territories.
Climatic changes -- Research.
Climatic changes.
Dogrib Indians -- Hunting -- Northwest Territories.
Caribou -- Behavior -- Climatic factors.
Caribou hunting -- Northwest Territories.
E99.T4 J33 2011