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Fate of the Caribou 2021 – 2025 Research Summary

The Fate of the Caribou project is a group of interdisciplinary researchers working to investigate changes in caribou populations and movements, grounded in concerns and observations from Indigenous Elders, hunters, and Knowledge Holders. With experts on caribou population cycles, migration, soundscapes (what caribou hear), and vegetation mapping, we use science to further the collective understanding of shifts in caribou movements, their survival, and how they use their landscapes.

Annual Review of the Bathurst Caribou Herd – 2024 Action Plan

The Bathurst Caribou Advisory Committee's (BCAC) held its 3rd Annual Review on Bathurst Caribou in December 2023. The Annual Review on Bathurst Caribou is a time for all communities, organizations, and governments across the Bathurst range to come together to review and discuss new information about the Bathurst herd and activities within the herd’s range. A key outcome of the Annual Review is the determination of the herd’s status and recommended management responses for the coming year.

Annual Review of the Bathurst Caribou Herd – 2023 Action Plan

The Bathurst Caribou Advisory Committee's (BCAC) held its 2nd Annual Review on Bathurst Caribou in January 2023. The Annual Review on Bathurst Caribou is a time for all communities, organizations, and governments across the Bathurst range to come together to review and discuss new information about the Bathurst herd and activities within the herd’s range. A key outcome of the Annual Review is the determination of the herd’s status and recommended management responses for the coming year.

Annual Review on Bathurst Caribou – 2022 Action Plan

The Bathurst Caribou Advisory Committee's (BCAC) held its 1st Annual Review on Bathurst Caribou in 2021. The Annual Review on Bathurst Caribou is a time for all communities, organizations, and governments across the Bathurst range to come together to review and discuss new information about the Bathurst herd and activities within the herd’s range. A key outcome of the Annual Review is the determination of the herd’s status and recommended management responses for the coming year.

13-14 September 2022

13-14 December 2022

PR (Wolf 2020): 124 - WRRB Traditional Knowledge Technical Session Summary, October 13, 2020

This is a written summary of the WRRB's Traditional Knowledge Technical Session held on October 13, 2020 via Zoom.

PR (Wolf 2020): 110 - The Wolves of Heaven: Cheyenne Shamanism, Ceremonies, and Prehistoric Origins.

The Wolves of Heaven is a most unusual and challenging work. Published more than half a century after the classic Cheyenne studies of George Bird Grinnell and G. A. Dorsey, it is a singular reinterpretation of the Cheyennes’ world view, shamanism, and major cultural features.

PR (Wolf 2020): 105 - Ojibwe and Canis Lupus: cultural, historical, and political influences on contemporary wolf management in the Great Lakes region (ABSTRACT)

In the creation story of the Ojibwe1, Original Man was created by Kitche Manitou; the Great Spirit. Original Man was given the task to walk across the world and name all the living things. While he was completing this task, Original Man noticed that all the other animals were in pairs. When Original Man mentioned this, the Great Spirit created a companion for him. Not a woman, as in the Christian story of

PR (Wolf 2020): 097 - The hunt for Ma’iingan: Ojibwe ecological knowledge and wolf hunting in the Great Lakes (ABSTRACT)

With the removal of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) from the United States Endangered Species List in 2012 throughout most of the contiguous United States, several states legalized wolf hunting as part of wildlife management programs and the protection of livestock. However, the legalization of wolf hunting has created much conflict between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in the Great Lakes region.

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