Dene Hunting Organization in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories: “Ways We Help Each Other and Share What We Can”

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: McMillan, Roger, Parlee, Brenda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: barren-ground caribou; K’asho Got’ine; Fort Good Hope; harvesting; food sharing; giving; demand sharing; resource management; social norms; social networks; community hunt; caribou de la toundra; récolte; partage de la nourriture; donner; partager sur demande; gestion des ressources; normes sociales; réseaux sociaux; chasse communautaire; Canada; Northwest Territories; Arctic; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; toundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67377

Social inquiry into hunting dynamics in northern indigenous communities in Canada has tended to focus on hunting individually or in small kinship groups, although the role of more formal community hunts is increasingly recognized. Descriptive data are limited, however, on the mechanisms by which foo...