Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Foreword viii
5. Acknowledgements xiv
6. List of Abbreviations xv
7. 1 Reindeer, Caribou and ‘Fairy Stories’ of State Power 1
8. 2 Uses and Abuses of ‘Traditional Knowledge’: Perspectives from the Yukon Territory 17
9. 3 Local Knowledge in Greenland: Arctic Perspectives and Contextual Differences 33
10. 4 Codifying Knowledge about Caribou: The History of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada 57
11. 5 A Story about a Muskox: Some Implications of Tetlit Gwich’in Human–Animal Relationships 79
12. 6 ‘We did not want the muskox to increase’: Inuvialuit Knowledge about Muskox and Caribou Populations on Banks Island, Canada 93
13. 7 Political Ecology in Swedish Saamiland 110
14. 8 Saami Pastoral Society in Northern Norway: The National Integration of an Indigenous Management System 124
15. 9 Chukotkan Reindeer Husbandry in the Twentieth Century: In the Image of the Soviet Economy 136
16. 10 A Genealogy of the Concept of ‘Wanton Slaughter’ in Canadian Wildlife Biology 154
17. 11 Caribou Crisis or Administrative Crisis? Wildlife and Aboriginal Policies on the Barren Grounds of Canada, 1947–60 172
18. 12 Epilogue: Cultivating Arctic Landscapes 200
19. Notes on Contributors 210
20. Bibliography 213
21. Index 233