In the past, and often still in the present, managers and officials from outside a region have imposed policies and regulations in forestry, fisheries and other activities that have major impacts on the environment and on communities at the local level. [...] The Nuu-Chah- Nulth members of the scientific panel took us on a tour of their homeland, explaining the significance of the different places, telling us stories that were set in this landscape and explaining their relationships to Nature and the sacredness and spirituality of their world. [...] An aerial view of the northern forestlands shows a mosaic of shades of green—from the dark foliage of the lodgepole pine and white and black spruce (Picea glauca, P. mariana) to the bright stands of aspens and birches—interspersed with dense thickets of willows and open muskeg dotted with and dissected by myriad lakes, ponds and rivers. [...] Since the Europeans arrived, however—first with the fur trade, then through the era of settlement and colonialism and, finally, with the development of an intensive, increasingly globalized economy with all the conveniences and trappings of the contemporary world—the cultures and lifestyles of First Peoples have changed dramatically. [...] At the time that Teit was writing, the Nlaka'pmx, whose territory straddles the Coast and Cascade mountain ranges and extends along the Eraser, Thompson and Nicola River drainages, recognized and used more than 300 different species of plants and dozens of species of animals, birds and fish from a wide range of habi- tats.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-283) and index
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- E78.C2
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- T87 2005eb
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- 1 electronic text (298 p.)
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface and Acknowledgements 8
- Prologue: The Land and the Peoples 18
- 1 Wealth and Value in a Changing World 26
- 2 Land-based Stories of Peoples and Home Places 48
- 3 A Kincentric Approach to Nature 76
- 4 Honouring Nature through Ceremony and Ritual 102
- 5 The Balance between Humans and Nature 134
- 6 Looking After the Lands and Waters 154
- 7 Everything Is One 186
- 8 Finding Meaning in a Contemporary Context 218
- Source Notes 248
- References 269
- Index 291
- A 291
- B 292
- C 293
- D 294
- E 294
- F 295
- G 295
- H 296
- I 297
- J 297
- K 297
- L 297
- M 298
- N 299
- O 299
- P 300
- Q 300
- R 301
- S 301
- T 303
- U 304
- V 304
- W 305
- X 305
- Y 305
- Z 305
