Keepers of the Central Fire: Issues in Ecology for Indigenous PeoplesJones and Bartlett, 1999 - 250 pages The health of Native Americans is intimately tied to the health of the environment. Yet abuses of land, water, and air continue to compromise the health of native people and their land rights. This fascinating book explores this intimate relationship between people and the land, and environment and health. Here is an important message for health care providers, ecologists, and those who attempt to live their lives in harmony with the earth. |
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Page 136
... CARIBOU : THE MONTH WHEN DUCKS PUT THEIR YOUNG IN THE WATER The country knows . If you do bad things to it , the ... caribou ( rangifer tarandus ) come to nourish them- selves during the long winter of arctic night . It is late August ...
... CARIBOU : THE MONTH WHEN DUCKS PUT THEIR YOUNG IN THE WATER The country knows . If you do bad things to it , the ... caribou ( rangifer tarandus ) come to nourish them- selves during the long winter of arctic night . It is late August ...
Page 137
... caribou antlers acts as a scoop which they use to shovel snow away from their forage . Here , ir- reverently scattered about on the open tundra , I discover old caribou antlers , some covered in moss , others silently attached to skulls ...
... caribou antlers acts as a scoop which they use to shovel snow away from their forage . Here , ir- reverently scattered about on the open tundra , I discover old caribou antlers , some covered in moss , others silently attached to skulls ...
Page 142
... CARIBOU Recall that the principal food source of the Athabascan people are barren ground caribou which are strict herbivores and have a winter diet consist- ing primarily of lichen ( Kelsall , 1968 ; Parker , 1978 ) . Lichens have a ...
... CARIBOU Recall that the principal food source of the Athabascan people are barren ground caribou which are strict herbivores and have a winter diet consist- ing primarily of lichen ( Kelsall , 1968 ; Parker , 1978 ) . Lichens have a ...
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Keepers of the Central Fire: Issues in Ecology for Indigenous Peoples Lorelei A. Lambert Limited preview - 1999 |
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