Fishing Livelihoods in the Mackenzie River Basin: Stories of the Délįne Got’ine
Climate change is among the greatest challenges facing Indigenous peoples. The impacts of climate change cannot be understood as only ecological or through models and projections. In this study, narratives from Indigenous peoples provide lived experience and insight of how social and ecological impa...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2071-1050/12/19/7888/ 2023-08-20T04:04:41+02:00 Fishing Livelihoods in the Mackenzie River Basin: Stories of the Délįne Got’ine Chelsea Martin Brenda Parlee Morris Neyelle agris 2020-09-24 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197888 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Environmental Sustainability and Applications https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12197888 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sustainability; Volume 12; Issue 19; Pages: 7888 fishing livelihoods subsistence fishing Great Bear Lake climate change traditional knowledge oral histories Canadian subarctic Mackenzie River Basin Délįne Sahtú Got’ine Text 2020 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197888 2023-08-01T00:09:58Z Climate change is among the greatest challenges facing Indigenous peoples. The impacts of climate change cannot be understood as only ecological or through models and projections. In this study, narratives from Indigenous peoples provide lived experience and insight of how social and ecological impacts are interconnected. Through collaborative research with the Sahtú Renewable Resources Board in the Northwest Territories Canada in the period 2018–2019, this paper shares the stories of the Délįne Got’ine peoples of Great Bear Lake (GBL), and how warming temperatures in the region impact fishing livelihoods. Specifically, we address the question, “What are the impacts of climate change on the fishing livelihoods of the Délįne Got’ine people?” Narratives from 21 semi-structured interviews reveal insights on six dimensions of fishing livelihoods. Analysis suggests the specific indicators of ecological change of concern to fishers and how those impact livelihoods over the short and long term. Given that the majority of research on climate change involving Indigenous peoples in Canada has focused on the high arctic and marine environments, this work is unique in its focus on the subarctic region and on freshwater ecosystems and livelihoods. Text Arctic Climate change Great Bear Lake Mackenzie river Northwest Territories Subarctic MDPI Open Access Publishing Arctic Canada Great Bear Lake ENVELOPE(-120.753,-120.753,65.834,65.834) Mackenzie River Northwest Territories Sustainability 12 19 7888 |
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Climate change is among the greatest challenges facing Indigenous peoples. The impacts of climate change cannot be understood as only ecological or through models and projections. In this study, narratives from Indigenous peoples provide lived experience and insight of how social and ecological impacts are interconnected. Through collaborative research with the Sahtú Renewable Resources Board in the Northwest Territories Canada in the period 2018–2019, this paper shares the stories of the Délįne Got’ine peoples of Great Bear Lake (GBL), and how warming temperatures in the region impact fishing livelihoods. Specifically, we address the question, “What are the impacts of climate change on the fishing livelihoods of the Délįne Got’ine people?” Narratives from 21 semi-structured interviews reveal insights on six dimensions of fishing livelihoods. Analysis suggests the specific indicators of ecological change of concern to fishers and how those impact livelihoods over the short and long term. Given that the majority of research on climate change involving Indigenous peoples in Canada has focused on the high arctic and marine environments, this work is unique in its focus on the subarctic region and on freshwater ecosystems and livelihoods. |
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