Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Regions: South Slave Region

Tags: social sciences, dene culture, traditional knowledge, hunting

Principal Investigator: Berkes, Fikret (2)
Licence Number: 9051
Organization: Brock University; Dene Cultural Institute
Licensed Year(s): 1989
Issued: Jan 01, 1989
Project Team: Martha Johnson

Objective(s): to obtain preliminary information on traditional ecological knowledge in the Fort Smith area; specifically: community hunting areas, role of hunting leaders, traditional land use system, access rules to hunting areas, responsibilities of hunters and leade

Project Description: Mr. Berkes will be assisting the Dene Cultural Institute in a pilot project on Dene Traditional Knowledge. They will be talking to the Dene in the Fort Smith region to learn of the role of the hunters, their traditional ways of hunting and preserving the