SPRI library catalogue
View a record
Please note: You are viewing the legacy database of the Scott Polar Research Institute Library catalogue. It is no longer being updated, so does not reliably reflect our current library holdings.
Please search for material in iDiscover for up-to-date information about the library collection.
Record #93113:
Environmental philosophy of the Chisasibi Cree people of James Bay / Fikret Berkes.
Title: | Environmental philosophy of the Chisasibi Cree people of James Bay / Fikret Berkes. |
Author(s): | Berkes, Fikret. |
Date: | 1988. |
Publisher: | Edmonton, Alberta: Boreal Institute for Northern Studies |
In: | Boreal Institute for Northern Studies. Occasional Publication. (1988.), Vol. 23 (1988) |
Abstract: | Discusses three Cree beliefs which contribute to sustainable exploitation of renewable resources: (a) it is the animals, not people, who control success of the hunt, (b) hunters-fishermen have certain obligations towards their prey, and (c) continued, proper use of resources is important for sustainability. |
Notes: | Boreal Institute for Northern Studies. Occasional Publication. Vol. 23 :7-21 (1988). |
Keywords: | 63 -- Renewable resources. 639 -- Hunting, fishing and associated activities. 39 -- Ethnography: Indians. 113/119 -- Attitudes to nature. 330.342.21 -- Subsistence economies. 504.062 -- Natural resources, conservation. N -- Renewable resources. (*41) -- Canada. (*424) -- Quebec. |
SPRI record no.: | 93113 |
LDR 01384naa#a2200000#a#4500 001 SPRI-93113 005 20231203172347.0 007 ta 008 231203s1988####abcb##|##|###|0||#0|eng#d 035 ## ‡aSPRI-93113 040 ## ‡aUkCU-P‡beng‡eaacr 100 1# ‡aBerkes, Fikret. 245 10 ‡aEnvironmental philosophy of the Chisasibi Cree people of James Bay /‡cFikret Berkes. 260 ## ‡aEdmonton, Alberta :‡bBoreal Institute for Northern Studies,‡c1988. 300 ## ‡ap. 7-21 :‡bmap. 500 ## ‡aBoreal Institute for Northern Studies. Occasional Publication. Vol. 23 :7-21 (1988). 520 3# ‡aDiscusses three Cree beliefs which contribute to sustainable exploitation of renewable resources: (a) it is the animals, not people, who control success of the hunt, (b) hunters-fishermen have certain obligations towards their prey, and (c) continued, proper use of resources is important for sustainability. 650 07 ‡a63 -- Renewable resources.‡2udc 650 07 ‡a639 -- Hunting, fishing and associated activities.‡2udc 650 07 ‡a39 -- Ethnography: Indians.‡2udc 650 07 ‡a113/119 -- Attitudes to nature.‡2udc 650 07 ‡a330.342.21 -- Subsistence economies.‡2udc 650 07 ‡a504.062 -- Natural resources, conservation.‡2udc 650 07 ‡aN -- Renewable resources.‡2local 651 #7 ‡a(*41) -- Canada.‡2udc 651 #7 ‡a(*424) -- Quebec.‡2udc 773 0# ‡7nnas ‡tBoreal Institute for Northern Studies. Occasional Publication. ‡gVol. 23 (1988) ‡wSPRI-39379 917 ## ‡aUnenhanced record from Muscat, imported 2019 948 3# ‡a20231203