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Trail of Story, Traveller's Path

Reflections on Ethnoecology and Landscape

by (author) Leslie Main Johnson

Publisher
Athabasca University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2010
Category
Cultural
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897425350
    Publish Date
    Apr 2010
    List Price
    $34.95

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Trail of Story examines the meaning of landscape, drawn from Leslie Main Johnson's rich experience with diverse environments and peoples, including the Gitksan and Witsuwit?en of northwestern British Columbia, the Kaska Dene of the southern Yukon, and the Gwich?in of the Mackenzie Delta. With passion and conviction, Johnson maintains that our response to our environment shapes our culture, determines our lifestyle, defines our identity, and sets the tone for our relationships and economies. With photos, she documents the landscape and contrasts the ecological relationships with land of First Nations peoples to those of non-indigenous scientists. The result is an absorbing study of local knowledge of place and a broad exploration of the meaning of landscape.

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