Wisdom From the Forest: How Coast Salish Children's Stories Can Inform More Interdisciplinary Understandings of Environmental Respect for the Salish Sea
Presentation Abstract
This presentation explores children’s stories gifted from elders of two Coast Salish communities, about endangered plants and animals in Salish Sea forest ecosystems. Translated from the elders with their permission, and drawn from field-based species observation, these illustrated stories of five keystone Salish Sea forest species may be able to educate more interdisciplinary and transboundary understandings of environmental respect. This inquiry focuses on the potential impact of the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)-based children’s stories both within the Salish Sea First Nations communities themselves, as well as in larger western science-based circles of Salish Sea management.
Session Title
Session S-04I: Citizen Science as a Tool for Conservation
Conference Track
Citizens/Education
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2014 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
1-5-2014 5:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 6:30 PM
Location
Room 6C
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Coast Salish Indians--Environmental aspects; Salish Indians--Folklore; Forest ecology--Study and teaching--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Interdisciplinary approach in education--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Wisdom From the Forest: How Coast Salish Children's Stories Can Inform More Interdisciplinary Understandings of Environmental Respect for the Salish Sea
Room 6C
This presentation explores children’s stories gifted from elders of two Coast Salish communities, about endangered plants and animals in Salish Sea forest ecosystems. Translated from the elders with their permission, and drawn from field-based species observation, these illustrated stories of five keystone Salish Sea forest species may be able to educate more interdisciplinary and transboundary understandings of environmental respect. This inquiry focuses on the potential impact of the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)-based children’s stories both within the Salish Sea First Nations communities themselves, as well as in larger western science-based circles of Salish Sea management.
