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Norgaard, K. 2014. Karuk Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge Sovereignty: Social Cultural and economic Impacts of Denied Access to Traditional Management. Prepared for Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources.

Type
Literature
Publication
Norgaard, K. 2014. Karuk Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge Sovereignty: Social Cultural and economic Impacts of Denied Access to Traditional Management. Prepared for Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources.
Year Published
2014
Description

This report details the struggles of the Karuk Tribe to maintain traditional management practices in the face of denied access on the part of the federal government. The report explores the value of Karuk traditional management practices in climate adaptation, environmental restoration and Karuk cultural continuity. This report also explores existing barriers to Karuk traditional management practices, and advocates for the sovereignty of Karuk people over their own ways and practices to be acknowledged and promoted.