Tribal Climate Change Guide

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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

Description

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

Geography

Alaska

Website

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007406454/

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.