Increasing value of wilderness: Protecting cultural heritage

Herbert O. Anungazuk

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Increasing value of wilderness: Protecting cultural heritage

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Herbert O. Anungazuk

Year:

2002

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Watson, Alan E.; Alessa, Lilian; Sproull, Janet, comps. Wilderness in the Circumpolar North: searching for compatibility in ecological, traditional, and ecotourism values; 2001 May 15-16; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-26. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 69-74.

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Abstract

The land and the sea have been direct links to survival to a hardy group of people in the northern extremes of the Earth. Each group is separate to its own domain, and their land and sea differ even if the distance between them is not great. The rules of the land and the sea are unwritten, and they have been presented to the new generations by Elders through the stories of the land and the sea since dawn immemorial. Cultural heritage is a virtue in itself; it is a value so profound that it continues to be imbedded deeply in the hearts, minds, and souls of the people who have weathered change despite overwhelming odds.

Parent Publication

Wilderness in the Circumpolar North: searching for compatibility in ecological, traditional, and ecotourism values; 2001 May 15-16; Anchorage, AK

Keywords

biodiversity, tourism, wilderness, conflict, collaboration, culture, traditional ecological knowledge

Citation

Anungazuk, Herbert O. 2002. Increasing value of wilderness: Protecting cultural heritage. In: Watson, Alan E.; Alessa, Lilian; Sproull, Janet, comps. Wilderness in the Circumpolar North: searching for compatibility in ecological, traditional, and ecotourism values; 2001 May 15-16; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-26. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 69-74.