Notions of property: traditional land use and boundaries in the Deh Cho region

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Brown-Leonardi, Carol J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Macpherson; Locke; Dene culture; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000150; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247412000150

ABSTRACT The Deh Cho Dene have been negotiating territorial land since early European settlement. This paper argues that the changing needs of Deh Cho Dene society has changed their concept of property and this transformation has evolved with a responsibility to conserve cultural practice and ecolog...