Traditional Knowledge In Practice

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Abele, Frances
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1997
• Subjects: Civil servants; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental policy; Government; Government regulations; Government relations; Native peoples; Social policy; Traditional knowledge; N.W.T; Nunavut; Canada; Endeavour; Northwest Territories; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64166

Northern organizations, governments, and governments-in-waiting have been formally and informally attempting to incorporate "traditional knowledge" into policy deliberations for some time. A public debate about this practice began in fall 1996, when Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard publ...