| Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories Contributor(s): Sandlos, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774813636 ISBN-13: 9780774813631 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Wildlife - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 333.959 |
| Series: Nature History Society |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.15 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hunters at the Margin examines the conflict in the Northwest Territories between Native hunters and conservationists over three big game species: the wood bison, the muskox, and the caribou. John Sandlos argues that the introduction of game regulations, national parks, and game sanctuaries was central to the assertion of state authority over the traditional hunting cultures of the Dene and Inuit. His archival research undermines the assumption that conservationists were motivated solely by enlightened preservationism, revealing instead that commercial interests were integral to wildlife management in Canada. |