Indigenous culture and adaptation to climate change: Sockeye salmon and the St'át'imc people

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 859-876

  Jacob, Colleen ^a   McDaniels, Tim ^a   Hinch, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; First Nations; Fishing; Fraser River; Indigenous people; Sockeye salmon; Subsistence; Traditional harvest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 78249274200     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9244-z     Document Type: Article

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