Understanding the Nature of Country Food Sales among First Nations in Alberta, Canada
This research was motivated by increased tensions that had arisen within First Nations communities in the Peace River region of Alberta over the selling of country foods and the belief among some that it has incentivized excessive hunting and the abandonment of food-sharing traditions. Our results i...
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crinformauk:10.17730/1938-3525-81.4.368 2024-04-07T07:52:28+00:00 Understanding the Nature of Country Food Sales among First Nations in Alberta, Canada Natcher, David Ingram, Shawn Bogdan, Ana-Maria 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525-81.4.368 https://meridian.allenpress.com/human-organization/article-pdf/81/4/368/3169902/i1938-3525-81-4-368.pdf en eng Informa UK Limited Human Organization volume 81, issue 4, page 368-379 ISSN 1938-3525 0018-7259 General Social Sciences Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology journal-article 2022 crinformauk https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525-81.4.368 2024-03-08T06:28:58Z This research was motivated by increased tensions that had arisen within First Nations communities in the Peace River region of Alberta over the selling of country foods and the belief among some that it has incentivized excessive hunting and the abandonment of food-sharing traditions. Our results indicate that rather than having deleterious ecological and social effects, country food sales are not being driven by profitability, nor are the norms associated with harvesting and food sharing being adversely affected. Although the sale of country foods has been motivated in part by the capital demands of hunting, country foods are not being treated as mere commodities, nor are they used as instruments for profit. With these results, community leaders are in a better position to challenge colonial policies that criminalize the selling of country foods and defend the distinctiveness of their own culturally sanctioned food systems. This research is an example of anthropological praxis where assumptions derived from modernization and household production theories are tested through applied research with the intent to resolve tensions over the speculative impacts of country food sales in First Nations communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Peace River Informa Canada Human Organization 81 4 368 379 |
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This research was motivated by increased tensions that had arisen within First Nations communities in the Peace River region of Alberta over the selling of country foods and the belief among some that it has incentivized excessive hunting and the abandonment of food-sharing traditions. Our results indicate that rather than having deleterious ecological and social effects, country food sales are not being driven by profitability, nor are the norms associated with harvesting and food sharing being adversely affected. Although the sale of country foods has been motivated in part by the capital demands of hunting, country foods are not being treated as mere commodities, nor are they used as instruments for profit. With these results, community leaders are in a better position to challenge colonial policies that criminalize the selling of country foods and defend the distinctiveness of their own culturally sanctioned food systems. This research is an example of anthropological praxis where assumptions derived from modernization and household production theories are tested through applied research with the intent to resolve tensions over the speculative impacts of country food sales in First Nations communities. |
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Understanding the Nature of Country Food Sales among First Nations in Alberta, Canada |
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