Traditional Lifeways and Storytelling: Tools for Adaptation and Resilience to Ecosystem Change

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 47 Số 5 - Trang 777-784 - 2019
Daigle, John J.1, Michelle, Natalie2, Ranco, Darren J.3, Emery, Marla R.4
1School of Forest Resources, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, USA
2Ecology and Environmental Sciences program, University of Maine, Orono, USA
3Department of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, USA
4U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Burlington, USA

Tóm tắt

We collected data through three focus groups conducted with Wabanaki citizens (members of the Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Maliseet, and Micmac Nations) residing in Maine, USA, and the Canadian Maritime region. These sessions used a collective storytelling and discussion approach consistent with Wabanaki cultural practices to explore environmental knowledge, information on environmental change, and its impact on traditional lifeways (TLW) over time. Wild foods such as fiddleheads (Matteucia strutiopteris (L.) Tod.), berries such as blackberries (Rubus allegheniensis & R. Canadensis) and strawberries (Fragaria x ananasa), deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman), fish, and seafood provide not only physical nourishment, but also cultural connections through storytelling, harvesting, processing, and sharing of resources. It is this strong and multifaceted dependence on natural resources and systems that makes Wabanaki citizens particularly “vulnerable” to climate change, but also potentially resilient because of stories and other cultural traditions that help process and understand environmental change. We suggest storytelling continues to remain relevant as a way to connect the generations and for continued adaptation to ecosystem change and sustaining traditions.

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