Nancy J. Turner
Nancy J. Turner is an ethnobotanist and distinguished professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria and a research associate with the Royal British Columbia Museum. She has authored, co-authored, or edited many publications in the areas of ethnobotany, traditional ecological knowledge, and sustainable resource use in Canada and British Columbia, including more than 20 books and 40 book chapters.
Books (1)
Synopsis:
A powerful case for the essential role of plants and environments in recognizing Indigenous Peoples' land rights around the world.
For millennia, plants and their habitats have been fundamental to the lives of Indigenous Peoples - as sources of food and nutrition, medicines, and technological materials - and central to ceremonial traditions, spiritual beliefs, narratives, and language. While the First Peoples of Canada and other parts of the world have developed deep cultural understandings of plants and their environments, this knowledge is often underrecognized in debates about land rights and title, reconciliation, treaty negotiations, and traditional territories. Plants, People, and Places argues that the time is long past due to recognize and accommodate Indigenous Peoples' relationships with plants and their ecosystems. Essays in this volume, by leading voices in philosophy, Indigenous law, and environmental sustainability, consider the critical importance of botanical and ecological knowledge to land rights and related legal and government policy, planning, and decision making in Canada, the United States, Sweden, and New Zealand. Analyzing specific cases in which Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights to the environment have been denied or restricted, this collection promotes future prosperity through more effective and just recognition of the historical use of and care for plants in Indigenous cultures. A timely book featuring Indigenous perspectives on reconciliation, environmental sustainability, and pathways toward ethnoecological restoration, Plants, People, and Places reveals how much there is to learn from the history of human relationships with nature.
Reviews
"Nancy Turner is respected at every level of the field and this book brings together many of the collaborators she has worked with throughout her career. The chapters they contribute are impressive, and as a whole they comprise the collective research and experience of over forty authors all demonstrating how Indigenous peoples, past and present, have contributed to land rights, policies, ethics, and caring for the earth." - Scott Herron, Ferris State University
Educator Information
Benediction: The Teachings of Chief Kwaxsistalla Adam Dick and the Atla’gimma (“Spirits of the Forest”) Dance xvii
Douglas Deur (Moxmowisa), Kim Recalma-Clutesi (Oqwilowgwa), and William White (Kasalid/Xelimulh)
Preface and Acknowledgments xxv
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1 Introduction: Making a Place for Indigenous Botanical Knowledge and Environmental Values in Land-Use Planning and Decision Making 3
Nancy J. Turner, Pamela Spalding, and Douglas Deur
SECTION ONE - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RELATIONSHIPS TO PLANTS AND TERRITORY IN CANADA
Introduction 33
Nancy J. Turner
2 Living from the Land: Food Security and Food Sovereignty Today and into the Future 36
Jeannette Armstrong
3 Nuucaan?ul Plants and Habitats as Reflected in Oral Traditions: Since Raven and Thunderbird Roamed 51
Marlene Atleo (?eh ?eh nah tuu k?iss)
4 Tamarack and Tobacco 65
Aaron Mills
5 Xáxli’p Survival Territory: Colonialism, Industrial Land Use, and the Biocultural Sustainability of the Xáxli’p within the Southern Interior of British Columbia 70
Arthur Adolph
SECTION TWO - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PLANT-PEOPLE RELATIONSHIPS IN CANADA
Introduction 83
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6 Understanding the Past for the Future: Archaeology, Plants, and First Nations’ Land Use and Rights 86
Dana Lepofsky, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Darcy Mathews, and Spencer Greening
7 Preparing Eden: Indigenous Land Use and European Settlement on Southern Vancouver Island 107
John Sutton Lutz
8 A Place Called Pi´psell: An Indigenous Cultural Keystone Place, Mining, and Secwépemc Law 131
Marianne Ignace and Chief Ronald E. Ignace
9 Traditional Plant Medicines and the Protection of Traditional Harvesting Sites 151
Letitia M. McCune and Alain Cuerrier
SECTION THREE - ETHNOECOLOGY AND THE LAW IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA
Introduction 169
Nancy J. Turner
10 From Traplines to Pipelines: Oil Sands and the Pollution of Berries and Sacred Lands from Northern Alberta to North Dakota 173
Linda Black Elk and Janelle Marie Baker
11 The Legal Application of Ethnoecology: The Girjas Sami Village versus the Swedish State 188
Lars Östlund, Ingela Bergman, Camilla Sandström, and Malin Brännström
12 Tane Mahuta: The Lord of the Forest in Aotearoa New Zealand, His Children, and the Law 203
Jacinta Ruru
13 Cultivating the Imagined Wilderness: Contested Native American Plant-Gathering Traditions in America’s National Parks 220
Douglas Deur and Justine E. James Jr
14 Kipuka Kuleana: Restoring Reciprocity to Coastal Land Tenure and Resource Use in Hawai?i 238
Monica Montgomery and Mehana Blaich Vaughan
SECTION FOUR - ETHNOECOLOGY, LAW, AND POLICY IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT
Introduction 251
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15 Right Relationships: Legal and Ethical Context for Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights and Responsibilities 254
Kelly Bannister
16 Ethnoecology and Indigenous Legal Traditions in Environmental Governance 269
Deborah Curran and Val Napoleon
17 Indigenous Environmental Stewardship: Do Mechanisms of Biodiversity Conservation Align with or Undermine It? 282
Monica E. Mulrennan and Véronique Bussières
18 Tsilhqot’in Nation Aboriginal Title: Ethnoecological and Ethnobotanical Evidence and the Roles and Obligations of the Expert Witness 313
David M. Robbins and Michael Bendle
19 Plants, Habitats, and Litigation for Indigenous Peoples in Canada 329
Stuart Rush, QC
SECTION FIVE - DRAWING STRENGTH AND INSPIRATION FROM PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND LANDS THROUGH JUSTICE, EQUITY, EDUCATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS
Introduction 347
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20 Restorying Indigenous Landscapes: Community Regeneration and Resurgence 350
Jeff Corntassel
21 Partnerships of Hope: How Ethnoecology Can Support Robust Co-Management Agreements between Public Governments and Indigenous Peoples 366
Pamela Spalding
22 “Passing It On”: Renewal of Indigenous Plant Knowledge Systems and Indigenous Approaches to Education 386
Leigh Joseph (Styawat)
23 On Resurgence and Transformative Reconciliation 402
James Tully
24 Retrospective and Concluding Thoughts 419
Nancy J. Turner with E. Richard Atleo (Umeek) and John Ralston Saul
Epilogue: Native Plants, Indigenous Societies, and the Land in Canada’s Future 436
Douglas Deur (Moxmowisa), Nancy J. Turner (Galitsimga), and Kim Recalma-Clutesi (Oqwilowgwa)
Contributors 443
Index 459
Additional Information
554 pages | 6.25" x 9.25"
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