Inuit Knowledge of Long-term Changes in a Population of Arctic Tundra Caribou

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Ferguson, Michael A.D., Williamson, Robert G., Messier, François
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: Inuit; traditional ecological knowledge; caribou; Rangifer tarandus; population dynamics; metapopulations; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Canada; savoir écologique traditionnel; dynamique des populations; métapopulations; île de Baffin; Arctic; Cumberland Peninsula; Foxe Peninsula; Île de Baffin; Meta Incognita Peninsula; Baffin; inuit; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64118

Indigenous peoples possess knowledge about wildlife that dates back many generations. Inuit observations of historical changes in a caribou population on southern Baffin Island, collected from 43 elders and active hunters during 1983-95, indicate that caribou were abundant and their distributions ex...