“We don’t know anything about whales”: ecological knowledge and ways of knowing in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Peter Collings, Tristan Pearce, Joseph Kann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: qualitative data analysis; traditional ecological knowledge; inuit qaujimajatuqangit; beluga whales; anthro-se; socio; Canada; Northwest Territories; Ulukhaktok; Arctic; Beluga; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; inuinnaqtun; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0030; https://doaj.org/article/a760f17e9b814e32b3e5908298ee8ee7

This paper reports on interviews conducted during June and July 2015 to document ecological knowledge of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories. Beluga whales are not a traditionally available or important species for Ulukhaktomiut, but they have appeared in incre...