Environments Volume 31(1) 2003 Aboriginal Forestry in New Brunswick: Conflicting Paradigms1
The participation of First Nations in New Brunswick forestry involves complex issues, many of which stem from Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian epistemological constructions of natural resources. Since practice is closely related to mental constructs, the correspondence between these structures has impor...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.521.9876 http://www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/natural_resources/canadaresearchchair/Aboriginal Forestry in New Brunswick, Conflicting Paradigms.pdf |
| Summary: | The participation of First Nations in New Brunswick forestry involves complex issues, many of which stem from Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian epistemological constructions of natural resources. Since practice is closely related to mental constructs, the correspondence between these structures has important political implications. Many in the Aboriginal community believe their former existence was in harmony with the natural environment but as Euro-Canadian constructs were imposed, practice was drastically altered. Strategies emerged as various groups chose different ways to deal with the changes. This paper examines the strategies of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal loggers, as well as provincial and Aboriginal governments attempts to exert control over the management of New Brunswick forests. Au Nouveau-Brunswick, la participation des Premières nations à la foresterie s'accompagne de problèmes complexes, souvent causés par les constructions épistémologiques autochtones et euro-canadiennes de ce que sont les ressources naturelles. Étant donné que la pratique est étroitement associée aux constructions mentales, le lien entre ces structures a d'importantes implications politiques. Dans la collectivité autochtone, nombreux sont ceux qui croient que leur vie passée était en harmonie avec l'environnement naturel mais que la pratique s'est considérablement modifiée lorsque les constructions euro-canadiennes se sont imposées. Des stratégies ont surgi, correspondant aux façons de traiter avec ces changements des différents groupes. Cet article examine les stratégies des forestiers autochtones traditionnels et contemporains, ainsi que les tentatives des gouvernements provincial et autochtones d'exercer un contrôle sur la gestion des forêts du Nouveau-Brunswick. |
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