Respect the Land: it's like part of us : a traditional use study of inland Denai'na ties to the Chulitna River & Sixmile Lake basins, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Respect the Land: it's like part of us : a traditional use study of inland Denai'na ties to the Chulitna River & Sixmile Lake basins, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Publication Date: 2018

Publisher: National Park Service, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Pages: 228

Format: Paperback

Authors: Douglas Deur, Karen Evanoff, Jamie Hebert, Dena'ina Knowledge-Holders of Nondalton, U.S. National Park Service

0.00 of 0

Click the button below to register a free account and download the file


Download PDF

Download ePub

Traditional use study of inland Denai'na ties to the Chulitna River & Sixmile Lake basins, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

This research was performed under a Cooperative Agreement between the USDI National Park Service's Lake Clark National Park and Preserve and the Department of Anthropology, Portland State University, under Cooperative Agreement No. P11AC90967, Task Agreement No. P13AC01460.

Contents: Introduction -- The physical setting -- Inland Dena'ina land & history: a brief introduction -- Travel, trails, & traces on the land: fundamentals of the inland Dena'ina cultural landscapes -- Burials, sacred sites, & other places of unique importance -- Natural resource harvests in the study area: key themes -- Hunting & trapping in the study area: key species, landscapes, & knowledge -- Fishing & fish camps -- Plant harvesting in the study area -- Revisiting land and resource use within a cultural context -- Conclusions: cultural values, landscapes, and survival in the Dena'ina homeland -- Appendix one: preliminary overview of compliance implications -- Appendix two: future needs & recommendations -- Sources -- Notes.