A Caribou Decline Foreshadowed by Inuit in the Central Canadian Arctic: A Retrospective Analysis

• Main Authors: Hanke, Andrea N., Angohiatok, Monica, Leclerc, Lisa-Marie, Adams, Cindy, Kutz, Susan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2022
• Subjects: archived interviews; caribou conservation; Dolphin and Union caribou; Ekaluktutiak; Kugluktuk; participatory mapping; place-based knowledge; Rangifer; traditional knowledge; entrevues archivées; conservation du caribou; caribou de Dolphin-et-Union; cartographie participative; connaissances en fonction des lieux; connaissances traditionnelles; Arctic; Caribou Range; Nunavut; inuit; Rangifer tarandus; Victoria Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/73826

The Dolphin and Union (DU) caribou herd (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi), locally referred to as Island caribou, is a unique and at-risk ecotype of caribou that ranges on Victoria Island and the adjacent mainland in the central Canadian Arctic. To facilitate the incorporation of traditiona...