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- Title
Ejigabwîn.
- Authors
Saint-Arnaud, Marie; Papatie, Charlie
- Abstract
The forest is at the heart of the cultural landscape for the Anicinapek of Kitcisakik. As it is the case for many Aboriginal communities in Canada, ongoing forestry operations have taken place on Kitcisakik traditional land in Quebec since the end of the xixth century. In order to face this challenge, the community chose to engage in a collaborative research process. Supported by an environmental education framework, this initiative allowed for undertaking an intercultural dialogue in order to define forest management practices that would be better adapted to the Aboriginal context. Our survey revealed the identity aspect of the forest (nopimik) for the people of Kitcisakik as well as the preoccupying importance of forestry Based on the Anicinapek representational system, we outlined a framework made of five principles (cultural, ethical, educational, ecological and economic) and twenty-two criteria to define Aboriginal forestry This proposal is analyzed in the context of normative and legislative changes brought up by the new Quebec Sustainable Forest Development Act and the reinforcement of forest certification criteria under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards.
- Subjects
KITCISAKIK (Quebec); QUEBEC (Province); ALGONQUIANS (North American peoples); FOREST management; FORESTS &; forestry; FORESTRY &; community; SUSTAINABLE forestry; FOREST Stewardship Council; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 2/3, p111
- ISSN
0318-4137
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1024106ar