Inuvialuit Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in a Changing Climate in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

The research was conducted with community members in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, following established community based research methods. A pre-research consultation was conducted through a community visit and participation in the Inuvik Beluga Summit in February 2016. Data were collected with a local Inuvialu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pearce, Tristan, Waugh, Devin
Other Authors: Bradshaw, Ben, Ostertag, Sonja
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Polar Data Catalogue 2017
Subjects:
Beluga
Climate change
Inuit Knowledge
Northwest Territories
Traditional Knowledge
Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula
Whales
Whaling
Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
environment
Canada
Inuvik
Ulukhaktok
Beluga whale
Beluga*
Delphinapterus leucas
inuit
Inuvialuit
Online Access:https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=12743
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Summary:The research was conducted with community members in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, following established community based research methods. A pre-research consultation was conducted through a community visit and participation in the Inuvik Beluga Summit in February 2016. Data were collected with a local Inuvialuit community researcher during a field season between June and August 2016 using ethnographic field methods including semi-structured interviews and participant observation. Interviews were conducted with 17 active and formerly active harvesters, and included open ended questions and participatory mapping. The interview guide was modeled after a similar study conducted in Ulukhaktok, NWT (Pearce & Collings, in review ), and focused on knowledge of beluga behavior and ecology, hunting techniques, and subsistence food preparation.

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