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<i>Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management</i> examines how traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is taught and practiced today among Native communities. Of special interest is the complex relationship between indigenous ecological practices and other ways of interacting with the environment, particularly regional and national programs of natural resource management. <p>Focusing primarily on the northwest coast of North America, scholars look at the challenges and opportunities confronting the local practice of indigenous ecological knowledge in a range of communities, including the Tsimshian, the Nisga’a, the Tlingit, the Gitksan, the Kwagult, the Sto:lo, and the northern Dene in the Yukon. The experts consider how traditional knowledge is taught and learned and address the cultural importance of different subsistence practices using natural elements such as seaweed (Gitga’a), pine mushrooms (Tsimshian), and salmon (Tlingit). Several contributors discuss the extent to which national and regional programs of resource management need to include models of TEK in their planning and execution.</p> <p>This volume highlights the different ways of seeing and enga

Who reads Traditional Ecological Knowledge And Natural Resource Management?

Author

Charles R Menzies; Project Muse

Publisher

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803283190

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Sociology

Rating

3.56 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14