Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience

Aboriginal peoples' respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada. Practices of respect expressed toward bears were observed and grouped into four categories: terminology, stories, reciprocity, and ritual...

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Main Authors: Douglas A. Clark, D. Scott. Slocombe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2009-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art42/