An ethnomycological approach to land use values in Chukotka

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Yamin-Pasternak, Sveta
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2007
• Subjects: Bering Strait; Renne; Champignons; Chukchi; Chukotka; Détroit de Béring; Études/Inuit/Studies; Tchouktche*; Yupik; renne
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/019718ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/019718ar

Once avoided on both sides of the Bering Strait, wild mushrooms are now considered to be delicious edibles in Chukotka. An important food source, mushroom-gathering is also a recreational activity that cultivates particular relationships between people and the land. In the past, prior to the influen...