Trail of story, traveller's path : reflections on ethnoecology and landscape / by Leslie Main Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Leslie Main, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape ecology--Canada, Northern.

Landscape ecology.

Traditional ecological knowledge--Canada, Northern.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Indians of North America--Ethnobiology--Canada, Northern.

Indians of North America.

Landscapes--Canada, Northern.

Landscapes.

Names, Geographical--Canada, Northern.

Names, Geographical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athabasca University Press 2010

Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Trail of Story examines the meaning of landscape, drawn from Leslie Main Johnsons rich experience with diverse environments and peoples, including the Gitksan and Witsuwiten of northwestern British Columbia, the Kaska Dene of the southern Yukon, and the Gwichin of the Mackenzie Delta. With passion and conviction, Johnson maintains that our response to our environment shapes our culture, determines our lifestyle, defines our identity, and sets the tone for our relationships and economies. With photos, she documents the landscape and contrasts the ecological relationships with land of First Nations peoples to those of non-indigenous scientists. The result is an absorbing study of local knowledge of place and a broad exploration of the meaning of landscape.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Trails and Visions: Reflections on Ethnoecology, Landscape, and Knowing

Chapter 2 Landscape Ethnoecology: Nexus of People, Land, and Lifeways

Chapter 3 Trail of Story: Gitksan Understanding of Land and Place

Chapter 4 Traveller's Path: Witsuwit'en Knowledge of the Land

Chapter 5 Of Berry Patches: What Makes a Kind of Place?

Chapter 6 Lookouts, Moose Licks, and Fish Lakes: Considering Kaska Understanding of the Land

Chapter 7 Envisioning Ethnoecology: Movement through Place and Season

Chapter 8 A Gwich'in Year on the Land

Chapter 9 Of Nets and Nodes: Reflections on Dene Ethnoecology and Landscape

Chapter 10 Of Named Places

Chapter 11 Trails versus Polygons: Contrasting Visions of the Land

Chapter 12 Implications: GIS and the Storied Landscape

Chapter 13 The Ecology of Knowing the Land

Endnotes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612851933

9781282851931

1282851934

9781897425367

1897425368

OCLC:

671374044

Publisher Number:

heb40007 hdl