Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword x
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 3
6. Counting Caribou
7. From Tuktoyaktuk – Place of Caribou 33
8. The Past Facing Forward: History and Caribou Management in Northern Canada 36
9. Recounting Caribou 58
10. Beyond the Harvest Study 75
11. Understanding Caribou
12. We Are the People of the Caribou 97
13. Harvesting in Dene Territory: The Connection of Ɂepę´ (Caribou) to the Culture and Identity of the Shúhtagot’̨ınę 101
14. Dene Youth Perspectives: Learning Skills on the Land 107
15. Food Security
16. Time, Effort, Practice, and Patience 131
17. The Wage Economy and Caribou Harvesting 134
18. Caribou and the Politics of Sharing 153
19. Governance and Management
20. Recollections of Caribou Use and Management 169
21. Ways We Respect Caribou: A Comparison of Rules and Rules-in-Use in the Management of the Porcupine Caribou 173
22. Letting the Leaders Pass: Barriers to Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Co-management as the Basis of Formal Hunting Regulations 190
23. Linking the Kitchen Table and Boardroom Table: Women in Caribou Management 228
24. Contributors 243
25. Index 247