Huna Tlingit traditional environmental knowledge, conservation, and the management of a "Wilderness" park

Current Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Hunn, Eugene S ^a   Johnson, Darryll R ^a,b,c   Russell, Priscilla N ^e   Thornton, Thomas F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Pacific Northwest Cooperative Studies Unit

^d ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Saint Lawrence University ^*

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EID: 3042824053     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377666     Document Type: Review

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