How I got here: sharing knowledge from the sea ice

03/19/12 • 53 min

In this podcast, respected hunter Randal Pokiak talks about the challenges harvesters face in participating in wildlife decision-making processes in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

In this podcast, respected hunter Randal Pokiak talks about the challenges harvesters face in participating in wildlife decision-making processes in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

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A family connection: Danny C. Gordon recalls his family's life on the North Slope

When he was a boy, Danny C. Gordon walked with his family from Kaktovik, Alaska to Aklavik, Northwest Territories. He's been hunting and fishing in the area ever since. In this interview, recorded at an old table in a shelter on Herschel Island, Danny C. Gordon talks about what Herschel Island means for him and for the people who grew up living on the land on the Yukon's North Slope.

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How we got here from there: Ivvavik, Herschel, and a brief history of the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope)

The co-management model of wildlife management planning is in use across Canada's North. In this podcast the chair of the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope). Lindsay Staples, shares the history of how Aboriginal groups, government, and Parks Canada arrived at a cooperative model for managing wildlife in the North.