Experiential Science 30: Freshwater Ecology (Indigenous Knowledge Lesson Plan)

• Tracking Change in the Classroom: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Karsgaard, Carrie; Mackay, Mackenzie; Catholique, Alexandria

• Fish are an important part of many people’s diets, and having reliable access to fish in a nearby waterway is an important part of many communities’ health and food security. While western science provides important information about local fish resources, fishers and Indigenous peoples have been gathering and passing on information about fish populations for generations. This knowledge is key to the livelihoods of communities throughout the Mackenzie River basin. In this lesson, students will conduct fieldwork to investigate local fish resources in a way that is rooted in Indigenous knowledge and on-the-land experience.

• Date created

  2020-06-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • community health and security, fish health, fishers' knowledge, local traditional knowledge, fishing livelihoods, Mackenzie Riber Basin, on-the-land experience
  • Mackenzie River Basin, Canada

• Type of Item

  Learning Object

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-7ve7-c161

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International