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    Final Report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study, Nunavut, Canada.

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    2000
    Author
    Hay, Keith
    Aglukark, David
    Igutsaq, David
    Ikkidluak, Joannie
    Mike, Meeka
    Corporate Author
    Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study Committee
    Status
    Published
    Pages
    101pp.
    
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    Abstract
    As mandated by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement of 1993, Inuit knowledge of bowhead whales in Nunavut, Canada was collected by means of 257 individual interviews with 252 Inuit hunters and elders in 18 communities during 1995 and 1996. During 1996 and 1997, follow-up workshops were held in eight of these communities where bowheads appear to be most numerous and seasonally predictable in their occurrence. The interviews and workshops were tape-recorded and were of an informal and semi-directive nature, with trained community interviewers and workshop facilitators employing questionnaires or an agenda consisting of open-ended questions or specific topics. We sought information from interviewees and workshop participants on bowhead whale distribution and migrations, changes in frequency of sightings and distribution since about 1915, behaviour and ecology, and the cultural and traditional importance of the bowhead whale to Inuit......
    Resource URL
    https://www.nwmb.com/en/publications/bowhead-knowledge-study/1819-bowhead-knowledge-study-eng/file
    Publisher
    Nunavut Wildlife Management Board
    Nunavut, Canada
    Document Language
    en
    Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
    14.a
    Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
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    Spatial Coverage
    Nunavut
    Canadian Arctic
    Citation
    Hay, K. et al (2000) Final report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study. Nunavut, Canada. Nunavut Canada, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, 101pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1675
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    https://repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329/1779
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1675
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