“We Don't Know anything about Whales:” Ecological Knowledge and Ways of Knowing in Ulukhaktok, NT, Canada

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Collings, Peter, Pearce, T, Kann, Joseph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: N R C Research Press 2018
• Subjects: FoR 0502 (Environmental Science and Management); qualitative data analysis; traditional ecological knowledge; Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit; beluga whales; Canada; Ulukhaktok; Beluga; Beluga*; inuinnaqtun; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2017-0030

This paper reports on interviews conducted during June and July, 2015, to document ecological knowledge of beluga whales in Ulukhaktok, NT. Beluga whales are not a traditionally available or important species for Ulukhaktomiut, but they have appeared in increasing numbers in the waters around the co...