Fire, plants and people: exploring environmental relations through local knowledge of postfire ecology at Wemindji, Quebec

• Main Author: Scott, Katherine
• Other Authors: Colin Hartley Scott (Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2009
• Subjects: Anthropology - Cultural; Baie James; Wemindji; Cris; James Bay
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32518

In the forests of Wemindji Cree Territory on the eastern shores of James Bay, north-western Quebec, forest fires burn frequently, human interventions are rare, and fire is the key agent of forest transformation. This thesis examines Cree perceptions of spatial and temporal post-fire ecosystem proces...