Aboriginal Harvesting in the Moose River Basin: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis
Abstract
Les territoires traditionnels de chasse et de trappe des Cris dans les régions méridionales du bassin de Moose River ont été infiltrés au début du XXe siècle, par les colons euro‐canadiens et l'exploitation des ressources qui s'est ensuivie, avec l'encouragement actif du gouvernement provincial. Après la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, ces tendances se sont également propagées au nord du bassin. Selon de nombreux contemporains, l'économie basée sur la chasse et la trappe des Cris s'était désintégrée face à la concurrence des Euro‐Canadiens et l'appât du travail rémunéré et de la vie villageoise. Cependant, de récentes études sur le terrain démontrent l'importance continue et la viabilité de l'économie autochtone traditionnelle du bassin de Moose River. The traditional hunting and trapping territories of the Cree in the southern reaches of the Moose River Basin were infiltrated by Euro‐Canadian settlement and resource‐based development early in the 20th century, with the active encouragement of the provincial government. After the Second World War, these trends were also evident in the northern part of the Basin. Many contemporaries believed that the Cree hunting and trapping economy had disintegrated in the face of Euro‐Canadian competition and the lure of wage labour and village life. However, recent field studies document the continuing importance and viability of the traditional aboriginal economy of the Moose River Basin.
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Protection of Aboriginal values is important in terms of subsistence because Aboriginal communities have traditionally and still are relying on wildlife for income and food.
“Protection of Aboriginal values is important in terms of subsistence because Aboriginal communities have traditionally and still are relying on wildlife for income-e.g., through trapping-and for food (George et al. 1995), albeit in different social and technological conditions (Feit 1982).”
From Views of Aboriginal People in Northern Ontario on Ontario’s approach to Aboriginal values in forest management planning (2009) · cites this paper as George et al. 1995
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- Authors
- George, P., Berkes, F., & Preston, R. J.
- Affiliations
- McMaster University (CA)
- ORCID
- Berkes, Fikret
- Venue
- Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1995-02
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 69-90
- ISSN
- 1755-6171 (ISSN-L)
- 1755-618X
- OpenAlex
- W1977585182
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 5.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Keywords
- Cree, Aboriginal economy, resource development, colonial policy, wage labor, traditional territories, indigenous livelihoods
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