Variability, change and continuity in social-ecological systems: insights from James Bay Cree cultural ecology

• Main Author: Peloquin, Claude
• Other Authors: Berkes, Fikret (Natural Resources Institute), Trott, Christopher G. (Native Studies) Manseau, Micheline (Natural Resources Institute) Davidson-Hunt, Iain J. (Natural Resources Institute)
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Environment; Cree; James Bay; Canada goose; Subsistence hunting; Indigenous; Canada; Wemindji; Branta canadensis; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3019

This thesis looks at how the Cree people of Wemindji, James Bay, Québec, understand and live with ecological complexity and dynamism. The focus is on the interplay between variability, change, and continuity in the Canada goose (Branta canadensis) hunt. Looking at Cree goose-hunting in the light of...