Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience
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...
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| author | Douglas A. Clark D. Scott. Slocombe |
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| description | 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 the southwest Yukon, practices in all four categories form a coherent qualitative resource management system that may enhance the resilience of the bear-human system as a whole. This system also demonstrates the possibility of a previously unrecognized human role in maintaining productive riparian ecosystems and salmon runs, potentially providing a range of valued social-ecological outcomes. Practices of respect hold promise for new strategies to manage bear-human interactions, but such successful systems may be irreducibly small scale and place based. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a1115e771e340d58cc6790d49553eda2022-12-21T19:55:13ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872009-06-011414210.5751/ES-02892-1401422892Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and ResilienceDouglas A. Clark0D. Scott. Slocombe1Wilfrid Laurier UniversityWilfrid Laurier UniversityAboriginal 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 the southwest Yukon, practices in all four categories form a coherent qualitative resource management system that may enhance the resilience of the bear-human system as a whole. This system also demonstrates the possibility of a previously unrecognized human role in maintaining productive riparian ecosystems and salmon runs, potentially providing a range of valued social-ecological outcomes. Practices of respect hold promise for new strategies to manage bear-human interactions, but such successful systems may be irreducibly small scale and place based.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art42/bear ceremonialismChampagne and Aishihik First NationsInuitInuvialuitNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutresiliencesalmonsocial-ecological systemSouthern Tutchonetraditional ecological knowledge</span>Ursus arctos<span class="proof_keywords"> Yukon |
| spellingShingle | Douglas A. Clark D. Scott. Slocombe Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience Ecology and Society bear ceremonialism Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Inuit Inuvialuit Northwest Territories Nunavut resilience salmon social-ecological system Southern Tutchone traditional ecological knowledge </span>Ursus arctos <span class="proof_keywords"> Yukon |
| title | Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
| title_full | Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
| title_fullStr | Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
| title_short | Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience |
| title_sort | respect for grizzly bears an aboriginal approach for co existence and resilience |
| topic | bear ceremonialism Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Inuit Inuvialuit Northwest Territories Nunavut resilience salmon social-ecological system Southern Tutchone traditional ecological knowledge </span>Ursus arctos <span class="proof_keywords"> Yukon |
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