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Key words: Barren ground caribou; Bathurst caribou herd; Canada; crisis, management history; population decline; resource management; traditional knowledge.

Key words: predator management, wolves, ungulates, barren-ground caribou, effectiveness, cost, humaneness 

Keywords: wildlife, population, management, disease, biology, conservation 

Key words: pedagogy, traditional knowledge, traditional ways of learning, Indigenous, education, storytelling 

Key Words: aboriginal; biocultural diversity; biodiversity; caribou; collaborative research; ecology; First Nation; genetic variation; indigenous communities; population genetics; population structure; Rangifer tarandus; resource management; social-ecological systems; traditional knowledge

Key words: barren-ground caribou, traditional knowledge, Northwest Territories, distribution, habitat, population, threats and limiting factors

Keywords: monitoring, calf survival, calf-cow ratio, decline, survival rate, bulls 

Keywords: Bathurst, Bluenose-east, declines, herd recovery, drought, breeding cows, cow mortalities

Key words: caribou, fall migration, hunting, harvesting, monitoring, traditional ecological knowledge, Dene, Denésǫliné, unpredictability, diamond mining, environmental impacts

In the 1990s, news stories began to circulate about declining caribou populations in the North. Were caribou the canary in the coal mine for climate change, or did declining numbers reflect overharvesting by Indigenous hunters or failed attempts at scientific wildlife management?  Grounded in community-based research in northern Canada, a region in the forefront of co-management efforts, these collected stories and essays bring to the fore the insights of the Inuvialuit, Gwich’in, and Sahtú, people for whom caribou stewardship has been a way of life for centuries. Anthropologists, historians, political scientists, ecologists, and sociologists join forces with elders and community leaders to discuss four themes: the cultural significance of caribou, caribou ecology, food security, and caribou management. Together, they bring to light past challenges and explore new opportunities for respecting northern communities, cultures, and economies and for refocusing caribou management on the knowledge, practices, and beliefs of northern Indigenous peoples.

Keywords: cultural, social, environmental, education, Tlicho, caribou, monitoring program Traditional Knowledge 

Key words: barren-ground caribou, caribou leaders, traditional hunting practices, harvest management, "letting caribou leaders pass"

This is the management plan for the Cape Bathurst, Bluenose-West, and Bluenose-East barren-ground caribou herds, developed by the ACCWM.

Key words: arctic, calving grounds, caribou, clustering, fuzzy clustering, hierarchical linkage, home range, path length, Rangifer tarandus, space use, subarctic, subpopulation

Keywords: elders, stories, Tlicho ancestry, Wekeezhii, students