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TI Nunatsiavut, ‘Our beautiful land’: Inuit landscape ethnoecology in Labrador, Canada
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AF Cuerrier, Alain
   Clark, Courtenay
   Dwyer-Samuel, Frédéric
   Rapinski, Michel
AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2,3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;
C1 Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, 98672, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
   Institut de Recherche en Biologie Vegetale, 98672, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
   Laboratoire Écologie, Évolution, Interactions des Systèmes Amazoniens (LEEISA), CNRS, Université de Guyane, IFREMER, Cayenne, French Guiana, France
C2 UNIV MONTREAL, CANADA
   UNIV MONTREAL, CANADA
   CNRS, FRANCE
UM LEEISA
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 1.1
TC 2
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00739/85069/90011.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;landscape ethnoecology;Inuit;traditional ecological knowledge;Nunatsiavut;Labrador Inuttitut
AB For Inuit in the subarctic transition zone of northeastern Canada, an intimate knowledge of the environment and local biodiversity is crucial for successful traditional activities. This study examines what kinds of landscape features and habitats Inuit of Nunatsiavut recognize and name. During interviews, community members (mostly Elders) were shown photographs from the region, and were asked to describe and name salient types of places in Labrador Inuttitut. The most frequently reported geographical units dealt with the region’s topography (e.g., ‘mountain’, ‘island’, ‘flat-place’), hydrology (e.g., ‘river’, ‘bay’), and superficial characteristics (e.g., ‘bedrock’, ‘permanent snow patch’). Ecological considerations were also prominent, such as plant associations and animal habitats (e.g., ‘shrubby-place’, wetland’, ‘caribou-return-to-place’). Areas were often characterized by a dominant species or substrate type, being named using the plural form of the species/substrate (e.g., napâttuk ‘tree’/ napâttuit ‘forest’, siugak ‘sand’/siugalak ‘sandy-area’). Some types of places reported by Inuit were significant mainly for traditional activities (e.g., ‘berry-patch’, ‘seal-place’, ‘dry-wood-place’, ‘danger-place’), aiding navigation and resource finding. Integrating Inuit conceptions of ecosystems and their component landscape units with those of contemporary science can improve our understanding of subarctic ecology, benefit climate change adaptation strategies and Inuit language/culture conservation initiatives. 
PY 2022
PD FEB
SO Botany
SN 1916-2790
PU Canadian Science Publishing
VL 100
IS 2
UT 000752323400009
BP 159
EP 174
DI 10.1139/cjb-2021-0112
ID 85069
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