The Clam Garden Network Exploring the Social and Ecological Contexts of Clam Management in the Past, Present, and Future

• Main Author: Lepofsky, Dana
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2022
• Subjects: Indians of North America > Fishing > Pacific Northwest; Clam culture > Pacific Northwest > History; Archaeological Anthropology; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Pacific; First Nations; Alaska
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/archaeology-roadshow/14; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/archaeology-roadshow/article/1013/type/native/viewcontent

Clam gardens are one of a suite of ancient mariculture practices used by the Indigenous Peoples of the Northwest Coast to increase the abundance and accessibility of clams. By bringing together traditional knowledge with that of western science, researchers in the Clam Garden Network have learned that these innovative rock-walled terraces were built from Alaska to Washington State beginning 4000 years ago. Today, Native Americans and First Nations are revitalizing these ancient practices as a way to honor their heritage, enhance food security, and assert their traditional rights to manage resources in their own territories. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/archaeology-roadshow/1013/thumbnail.jpg