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: caribou; traditional laws; harvest; barrenlands; management system; working together; changes on the land; caribou relationships; responsibility
Key words: Tłı̨chǫ laws; human behaviour; caribou; relationships; caribou populations; migration patterns; Tłı̨chǫ indicators of change
Key words: Tłı̨chǫ knowledge; ɂekwǫ̀ (barren-ground caribou); state of the caribou habitat; monitoring and management; caribou distribution; migration patterns; relationship between the Tłı̨chǫ and the caribou
Key words: climate change; forest fires; implications for caribou and caribou hunting; adaptations; forest fire suppression; ontological understanding
Key words: calving grounds; gregariousness; spatial fidelity; mechanisms; Rangifer tarandus
Key words: Indigenous methodological framework; dendroecology; oral history analysis; caribou movement patterns: Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation; Participatory Action Research (PAR); ethnography; community-based research; participant observation
Key words: health; caribou (Rangifer tarandus); caribou consumption levels; diet quality; opportunity costs; out-of-pocket costs; household employment activity
This paper is adapted from the author’s contribution to the NACW presentation co-authored with Kerri Garner and Jan Adamczewski, “Tłįchǫ People and Ekwǫ̀ (Caribou): An Evolving Relationship And Shared History,” as well as contributions to the NACW Aboriginal Talking Circles.
Key words: barren-ground caribou, harvesting, hunting, youth, Fort McPherson, Teetł’it Gwich’in, rules, traditional ecological knowledge, resource management