Traditional ecological knowledge and Inuit: Reflections on TEK research and ethics

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-124

  Wenzel, George W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intellectual property rights; Inuit; Research and ethics; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032812232     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic916     Document Type: Article

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