Using Indigenous stories in caribou co-management
One day my dream would be to write a policy in my own language and let somebody else interpret. I think my days of interpreting are going down steadily. I’d rather just talk my language these days and leave it at that. As an officer I used to do a lot of judging. I was trained to do that. After I le...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3b848fcdf2f04d3f88f08203f78aae37 2023-05-15T15:53:31+02:00 Using Indigenous stories in caribou co-management Walter Bayha 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.32.2.2241 https://doaj.org/article/3b848fcdf2f04d3f88f08203f78aae37 EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/2241 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.32.2.2241 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/3b848fcdf2f04d3f88f08203f78aae37 Rangifer, Vol 32, Iss 2 (2012) TEK caribou co-management Sahtu region Dene knowledfge Animal culture SF1-1100 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.32.2.2241 2022-12-31T12:46:46Z One day my dream would be to write a policy in my own language and let somebody else interpret. I think my days of interpreting are going down steadily. I’d rather just talk my language these days and leave it at that. As an officer I used to do a lot of judging. I was trained to do that. After I left the Wildlife Service, my wife said to me, “How come you don’t ask those questions anymore?” I said, “I don’t have to. I don’t need to. I just want to be a Dene, like the wildlife out there. Continue being a human being.” As a Dene person I’m taught to listen, to respect people, especially in learning centres because those are like my grandfather. I was taught never to ask questions. I don’t, out of respect. We don’t do that today anymore. The first thing I learned in school was the word “why.” I can think right back when I was growing up as a small child there was no word “why” or “what for.” I had to learn very quickly that if I’m going to be a human being in the future, then I’m going to have to start behaving so that my people will live. Our history is written on the land, in the placenames and the stories, in the language. It’s so important. Our people are disappearing very quickly. Article in Journal/Newspaper caribou Rangifer Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Sahtu Region ENVELOPE(-126.852,-126.852,65.284,65.284) Rangifer 25 29 |
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One day my dream would be to write a policy in my own language and let somebody else interpret. I think my days of interpreting are going down steadily. I’d rather just talk my language these days and leave it at that. As an officer I used to do a lot of judging. I was trained to do that. After I left the Wildlife Service, my wife said to me, “How come you don’t ask those questions anymore?” I said, “I don’t have to. I don’t need to. I just want to be a Dene, like the wildlife out there. Continue being a human being.” As a Dene person I’m taught to listen, to respect people, especially in learning centres because those are like my grandfather. I was taught never to ask questions. I don’t, out of respect. We don’t do that today anymore. The first thing I learned in school was the word “why.” I can think right back when I was growing up as a small child there was no word “why” or “what for.” I had to learn very quickly that if I’m going to be a human being in the future, then I’m going to have to start behaving so that my people will live. Our history is written on the land, in the placenames and the stories, in the language. It’s so important. Our people are disappearing very quickly. |
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