Co-management of Traditional Foods: Opportunities and Limitations for Food Security in Northern First Nation Communities
Traditional foods that First Nations peoples harvest or gather from the land remain critically important for achieving and sustaining food security for many communities. In Canada’s North, land claim agreements include provisions for First Nations to participate in the governance of their traditiona...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic69363 2024-09-15T17:49:54+00:00 Co-management of Traditional Foods: Opportunities and Limitations for Food Security in Northern First Nation Communities Cruickshank, Ainslie Notten, Geranda Wesche, Sonia Ballegooyen, Kate Pope, Geraldine 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic69363 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/69363/53742 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 72, issue 4, page 360-380 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2019 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic69363 2024-07-23T04:00:24Z Traditional foods that First Nations peoples harvest or gather from the land remain critically important for achieving and sustaining food security for many communities. In Canada’s North, land claim agreements include provisions for First Nations to participate in the governance of their traditional territories, including the co-management of important traditional (wild-harvested) food species. Because such agreements only specify the broad contours of co-management governance, their actual functioning evolves out of a complex interplay among the co-managing organizations over the course of time. This paper aims to deepen our understanding of how First Nations communities can enhance food security as participants in co-management. Our study connects research on food security with research on co-management and is the first to analyze how First Nations can improve their food security by influencing decision-making that affects traditional foods through co-management arrangements. Following a succinct review of the Indigenous food security and co-management literatures, we analyze the experiences of Kluane First Nation in enhancing community food security through the co-management of its traditional territory with Yukon Government and Parks Canada, interpreting the data in light of the theories and evidences offered by research on co-management. The analysis of data collected from semi-structured interviews and from First Nations and government resources shows that, while the co-management system is imperfect, it does offer a mechanism through which First Nations can exert influence on decisions that affect their food security. The three key themes emerging from the excerpts confirm the importance of co-management as an evolutionary and long-term process, in which trust- and relationship-building are ongoing activities that are fundamental to beneficial collaboration involving the sharing of information and power. The analysis also highlights the role of context, or situational factors, in facilitating or ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic First Nations Yukon Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC 72 4 360 380 |
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Traditional foods that First Nations peoples harvest or gather from the land remain critically important for achieving and sustaining food security for many communities. In Canada’s North, land claim agreements include provisions for First Nations to participate in the governance of their traditional territories, including the co-management of important traditional (wild-harvested) food species. Because such agreements only specify the broad contours of co-management governance, their actual functioning evolves out of a complex interplay among the co-managing organizations over the course of time. This paper aims to deepen our understanding of how First Nations communities can enhance food security as participants in co-management. Our study connects research on food security with research on co-management and is the first to analyze how First Nations can improve their food security by influencing decision-making that affects traditional foods through co-management arrangements. Following a succinct review of the Indigenous food security and co-management literatures, we analyze the experiences of Kluane First Nation in enhancing community food security through the co-management of its traditional territory with Yukon Government and Parks Canada, interpreting the data in light of the theories and evidences offered by research on co-management. The analysis of data collected from semi-structured interviews and from First Nations and government resources shows that, while the co-management system is imperfect, it does offer a mechanism through which First Nations can exert influence on decisions that affect their food security. The three key themes emerging from the excerpts confirm the importance of co-management as an evolutionary and long-term process, in which trust- and relationship-building are ongoing activities that are fundamental to beneficial collaboration involving the sharing of information and power. The analysis also highlights the role of context, or situational factors, in facilitating or ... |
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Cruickshank, Ainslie Notten, Geranda Wesche, Sonia Ballegooyen, Kate Pope, Geraldine |
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Cruickshank, Ainslie Notten, Geranda Wesche, Sonia Ballegooyen, Kate Pope, Geraldine Co-management of Traditional Foods: Opportunities and Limitations for Food Security in Northern First Nation Communities |
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Cruickshank, Ainslie Notten, Geranda Wesche, Sonia Ballegooyen, Kate Pope, Geraldine |
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Co-management of Traditional Foods: Opportunities and Limitations for Food Security in Northern First Nation Communities |
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Co-management of Traditional Foods: Opportunities and Limitations for Food Security in Northern First Nation Communities |
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Co-management of Traditional Foods: Opportunities and Limitations for Food Security in Northern First Nation Communities |
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co-management of traditional foods: opportunities and limitations for food security in northern first nation communities |
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