Respect for Grizzly Bears: An Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience

• Main Authors: Clarke, Douglas A., Slocombe, D. Scott
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2009
• Subjects: bear ceremonialism; Champagne and Aishihik First Nations; Inuit; Inuvialuit; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; resilience; salmon; social-ecological system; Southern Tutchone; traditional ecological knowledge; Ursus arctos; Yukon; Aishihik; Canada; Champagne; First Nations; inuit; Tutchone
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/geog_faculty/9; https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=geog_faculty

Aboriginal peoples’ respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada. Practices of respect expressed toward bears were observed and grouped into four categories: terminology, stories, reciprocity, and ritual. In...