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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Resilience Alliance
2009
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art42/ |