Tlicho Elders' Knowledge of Climate Change and Forest Fires, Implications for Barren-Ground Caribou Hunting, Whati (Petter Jacobsen, 2011)
This research report documents Tłįcho Elders' traditional knowledge of climate change, forest fires, and their impacts on barren-ground caribou hunting in Whati, Northwest Territories. Based on interviews and participant observation conducted in 2009-2010, the report describes environmental changes (warmer weather, altered wind patterns, changed snow/ice conditions), caribou response and adaptation, forest fire impacts on habitat, and resulting modifications to hunting practices, while also presenting Elders' spiritual and ontological perspectives on these changes.
- Date
- 2011
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Petter Jacobsen, University of Northern British Columbia, Tłįcho Elders, Whati community, Louis Simpson, Francis Simpson, Benny Jeremaicka, Charlie Zoe-Nitsiza, Marie Flunkie, Narcisse Bishop, Joseph Moosenose, Louis Wedawin, Dora Nitsiza, Tony Rabesca, Sonny Zoe, Albina Nitsiza, Isodor Zoe, Karyn Sharp
- Locations
- Whati, Marten Lake, Bechoko, Gameti, Snare Lake, Great Bear Lake, Grandin Lake, Grandin River, Rae Lakes, Marion Lake, Great Slave Lake, Hislop Lake, Faber Lake, Ghost Lake, Hottah Lake, Lac la Martre, Lac Tempier, Wekweeti, Horn Plateau, Egakinlin, Northwest Territories, Prince George, B.C., Black Lake, Saskatchewan, Oslo, Norway
- Parameters
- climate change, forest fires, caribou migration, caribou hunting, barren-ground caribou, lichen, temperature, wind patterns, snow and ice conditions, habitat recovery, caribou health, traditional knowledge, traditional lifestyle, weather patterns, human behavior, spirituality, pollution, mining impacts, caribou collars, fire suppression, subsistence hunting, gas and fuel costs, water conditions, overflow, slushy conditions, caribou feeding grounds, vegetation regrowth
- Pages
- 34
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