Traditional Knowledge of the Native People of Chukotka about Walrus
Zdor E, Zdor, L, Ainana L, Romanenko O. 2010. Traditional Knowledge of the Native People of Chukotka about Walrus. Chukotka Association of Traditional Marine Mammal Hunters, Anadyr. Anadyr, Russia
In 2009, a project aimed at researching the traditional knowledge about walrus was started by Chukotka Association of Traditional Marine Mammal Hunters (CHAZTO) under the Eskimo Walrus Commission initiative within the framework of the «Walrus Harvest Monitoring Program in Chukotka». The entire project was funded by the U.S. National Park Service. The main objective of this part of the project was to understand whether traditional knowledge of the Native people of Chukotka still exists today, in the twenty-first century. The authors of this report set a goal of gathering and documenting information about what knowledge hunters have about walruses, their behavior, areas of their feeding concentrations, patterns of seasonal migrations, and their relations with other marine mammals, as well as finding out how the traditional methods of hunting walrus have changed, how the harvest results are used and whether spiritual aspects are part of every stage of the hunting process and to what degree.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Zdor, Eduard; Zdor,, Liliya; Ainana, Lyudmila; Romanenko, O.V.
- Date of Issue
- 2010
- Publisher
- Chukotka Association of Traditional Marine Mammal Hunters, Anadyr
- Units
- BERI
- Keywords
- Beringia, Chukotka, Chukotka Association of Traditional Marine Mammal Hunters, Eskimo Walrus Commission, indigenous knowledge, Kawerak Inc., Provideniya, Shared Beringian Heritage Program, walrus
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Communities