Traditional knowledge and harvesting of salmon by Huna and Hinyaa Tlingit.

Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
Langdon, S. J. 2006. Traditional knowledge and harvesting of salmon by Huna and Hinyaa Tlingit. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management, Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program, Final Report (Project No. 02-104), Anchorage.
Year Published: 
2006
Organization: 
USFWS
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This research was funded with the intent to acquire information concerning Tlingit knowledge about salmon behavior, knowledge about past and present distribution and abundance of different salmon species, and perceptions of change as well as the causes for changes in salmon populations. Information on harvesting technologies, locations and practices along with utilization patterns were also included in the topics that informed the questions asked of interviewees

Category: 
Southeast Alaska, Hoonah, Klawock, Tlingit, salmon, fisheries, TEK, traditional ecological Knowledge, elders, social change, Indigenous sciences, subsistence, policy

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