Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience
Aboriginal peoples’ respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada. Practices of respect expressed toward bears were observed and grouped into four categories: terminology, stories, reciprocity, and ritual. In...
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ftjecolog:oai:.www.ecologyandsociety.org:article/2892 2023-05-15T16:16:19+02:00 Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience Clark, Douglas A Slocombe, D. Scott 2009-05-21 text/html application/pdf http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art42/ en eng Resilience Alliance Ecology and Society; Vol. 14, No. 1 (2009) bear ceremonialism; Champagne and Aishihik First Nations; Inuit; Inuvialuit; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; resilience; salmon; social-ecological system; Southern Tutchone; traditional ecological knowledge; Ursus arctos; Yukon Peer-Reviewed Reports 2009 ftjecolog 2019-04-09T11:22:41Z Aboriginal peoples’ respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada. Practices of respect expressed toward bears were observed and grouped into four categories: terminology, stories, reciprocity, and ritual. In the southwest Yukon, practices in all four categories form a coherent qualitative resource management system that may enhance the resilience of the bear-human system as a whole. This system also demonstrates the possibility of a previously unrecognized human role in maintaining productive riparian ecosystems and salmon runs, potentially providing a range of valued social-ecological outcomes. Practices of respect hold promise for new strategies to manage bear-human interactions, but such successful systems may be irreducibly small scale and place based. Other/Unknown Material First Nations inuit Inuvialuit Northwest Territories Nunavut Tutchone Ursus arctos Yukon Unknown Aishihik ENVELOPE(-137.512,-137.512,61.598,61.598) Canada Champagne ENVELOPE(-136.483,-136.483,60.788,60.788) Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon |
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bear ceremonialism; Champagne and Aishihik First Nations; Inuit; Inuvialuit; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; resilience; salmon; social-ecological system; Southern Tutchone; traditional ecological knowledge; Ursus arctos; Yukon |
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bear ceremonialism; Champagne and Aishihik First Nations; Inuit; Inuvialuit; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; resilience; salmon; social-ecological system; Southern Tutchone; traditional ecological knowledge; Ursus arctos; Yukon Clark, Douglas A Slocombe, D. Scott Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
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bear ceremonialism; Champagne and Aishihik First Nations; Inuit; Inuvialuit; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; resilience; salmon; social-ecological system; Southern Tutchone; traditional ecological knowledge; Ursus arctos; Yukon |
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Aboriginal peoples’ respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada. Practices of respect expressed toward bears were observed and grouped into four categories: terminology, stories, reciprocity, and ritual. In the southwest Yukon, practices in all four categories form a coherent qualitative resource management system that may enhance the resilience of the bear-human system as a whole. This system also demonstrates the possibility of a previously unrecognized human role in maintaining productive riparian ecosystems and salmon runs, potentially providing a range of valued social-ecological outcomes. Practices of respect hold promise for new strategies to manage bear-human interactions, but such successful systems may be irreducibly small scale and place based. |
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Clark, Douglas A Slocombe, D. Scott |
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Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
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Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
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Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
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Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
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Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
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respect for grizzly bears: an aboriginal approach for co-existence and resilience |
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Resilience Alliance |
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2009 |
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http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art42/ |
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ENVELOPE(-137.512,-137.512,61.598,61.598) ENVELOPE(-136.483,-136.483,60.788,60.788) |
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Aishihik Canada Champagne Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon |
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Aishihik Canada Champagne Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon |
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First Nations inuit Inuvialuit Northwest Territories Nunavut Tutchone Ursus arctos Yukon |
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First Nations inuit Inuvialuit Northwest Territories Nunavut Tutchone Ursus arctos Yukon |
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Ecology and Society; Vol. 14, No. 1 (2009) |
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