Fire, agency and scale in the creation of aboriginal cultural landscapes

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-414

  Miller, Andrew Martin ^a   Davidson Hunt, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Anishinaabe; Cultural landscape; Pikangikum First Nation; Scale; Traditional burning

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BURNING; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FOREST FIRE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77952671976     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9325-3     Document Type: Article

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