http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/?id=1072
This resource provides an overview of the Aboriginal history of fishing on the Fraser River. This information will come in handy for my final research on traditional ecological knowledge in the Fraser Valley and how salmon is an integral part of ecology. The many issues that arise from fishing disputes is also an important part of history for Aboriginal people in BC.
Alicia
This paper focuses on traditional ecological knowledge perspectives, which is integral to my final paper.
This quotation stuck out to me (from the introduction):
“In the exploration of environmental ethics and religion toward an ecologically sustainable society, indigenous peoples and traditional ecological knowledge have attracted considerable attention from both scholars and popular movements.”
One section in the paper discusses Western science versus traditional ecological knowledge. For example:
“Some of the conflict between science and traditional knowledge is related to claims of
authority over knowledge. In the modernist tradition, Western science is seen as having a
monopoly on truth.” (p.4)