Nunatsiavut, ‘our beautiful land’: Inuit landscape ethnoecology in Labrador, Canada

• Published in: Botany
• Main Authors: Cuerrier, Alain, Clark, Courtenay, Dwyer-Samuel, Frédéric, Rapinski, Michel
• Other Authors: Institut de Recherches en Biologie Végétale Montréal (IRBV), Université de Montréal (UdeM), Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systèmes amazoniens (LEEISA), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ArcticNet, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC-CRSH), Health Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CCSD 2022
• Subjects: landscape ethnoecology; Inuit; traditional ecological knowledge; Nunatsiavut; Labrador Inuttitut; ethnoécologie du paysage; connaissances écologiques traditionnelles; inuttitut du Labrador; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; Canada; River Bay; caribou; inuit; inuits; Subarctic; subarctique*
• Online Access: https://mnhn.hal.science/mnhn-03875332; https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2021-0112

International audience For Inuit in the subarctic transition zone of northeastern Canada, an intimate knowledge of the environment and local biodiversity is crucial for successful traditional activities. This study examines what kinds of landscape features and habitats Inuit of Nunatsiavut recognize...