Transmission of Environmental Knowledge and Land Skills among Inuit Men in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Human Ecology
• Main Authors: Pearce, T, Wright, Harold, Notaina, R, Kudlak, A, Smit, B, Ford, J, Furgal, C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer New York LLC 2011
• Subjects: FoR 1601 (Anthropology); knowledge transmission; Indigenous knowledge; Inuit; land skills; subsistence; Arctic; learning; Canada; Northwest Territories; Ulukhaktok; inuit; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9403-1

The transmission of environmental knowledge and land skills was studied among Inuit men in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. A list of 83 skills important for safe and successful harvesting was generated with 14 active hunters and elders, and examined with a sample of 47 men. This research...