"We are the last human beings
on this planet who can give
this
information
to the
white governments
of this great land of ours
that we call
Canada."
For the first time, the indigenous people, who
"since time immemorial" have occupied lands surrounding
Hudson Bay and James Bay -- one of the world's largest inland
seas -- have joined to record generations of inherited knowledge and
observations of the ecology of this vast bioregion.
112
pages, fully illustrated with
full colour maps and photographs
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Voices from the Bay ...
presents the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the region's Inuit
and Cree. Fascinating in its own right, TEK is fast gaining recognition
as an essential source of knowledge for environmental assessment work and
as an important contribution to sustainable development.
Published
by CARC and the
Environmental Committee of Sanikiluaq.
ISBN: 0-91996-75-2
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Here's what Fikret Berkes said about Voices in his Sacred Ecology:
" ...The tiny Inuit community of Sanikiluaq on Belcher Islands took the
lead to organize a project involving 28 Inuit and Cree communities around Hudson
Bay. Carried out in 1992-95, the project aimed to build an integrated
regional-scale picture of environmental change from the point of view of
aboriginal people, drawing upon the day-to-day and year-to-year observations of
hunters and fishers. ...It shows how traditional knowledge can
complement scientific data."
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