Dammed in Region Six: The Nez Perce Tribe, Agricultural Development, and the Inequality of Scale

Colombi, Benedict J.

doi:10.1353/aiq.2005.0085

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“…This is however an improvement since 2007 when the number was down to 200,000. The current decline in salmon is attributed to the impact of hydroelectric dams, irrigation projects, as well as overall habitat loss [34,48,49].…”

Section: Columbia Rivermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In response to catch reductions, environmental authorities introduced restrictions in the number of fishing days allowed, particularly with nets. Fewer salmon fishing lots were renewed, and there were restrictions on fishing gear allowed [21,49,50]. In the last few years, the threat of future extinction of Tana wild salmon has been voiced with increasing frequency by natural scientists and environmental institutions [21,32].…”

Section: The State Of Salmon In Tanamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is particularly true of the sea salmon fisheries. The average age of a fisherman practicing net fishing in the fjord is now 65 and increasing by one year annually [32,49]. It is becoming apparent that the continuous reductions in net fishing opportunities also have consequences for local men's knowledge [49].…”

Section: Fishing Opportunities Knowledge and Management In Tanamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The average age of a fisherman practicing net fishing in the fjord is now 65 and increasing by one year annually [32,49]. It is becoming apparent that the continuous reductions in net fishing opportunities also have consequences for local men's knowledge [49]. The reduction in fishing opportunities also affects the possibilities of practising particular parts of Sámi language associated with the practice of fishing, such as the many words describing the salmon, size, gender, coloring, the sub-species from the different tributaries or from other rivers, as well as knowledge of interaction between salmon, other animals in the local ecosystem or the influence of other environmental factors [33].…”

Section: Fishing Opportunities Knowledge and Management In Tanamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The reduction in fishing opportunities also affects the possibilities of practising particular parts of Sámi language associated with the practice of fishing, such as the many words describing the salmon, size, gender, coloring, the sub-species from the different tributaries or from other rivers, as well as knowledge of interaction between salmon, other animals in the local ecosystem or the influence of other environmental factors [33]. Moreover, lack of fishing opportunities has consequences for the enactment of masculinity [49]. Being a competent fishermen and catching lots of salmon is not only an indication of skills, but also of morale.…”

Section: Fishing Opportunities Knowledge and Management In Tanamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Two Rivers: The Politics of Wild Salmon, Indigenous Rights and Natural Resource Management

Ween

Colombi

2013

Sustainability

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This paper compares two rivers, Tana River in Northern Norway and Columbia River on the northwest coast of the United States of America. Both rivers host indigenous populations, the Sámi and the Nez Perce, whose cultural and material existence depends upon salmon. Because these people live indigenously within highly industrial, postcolonial societies, their lives have been part of larger economic, political and legal structures for substantial periods of time. In these rivers, peoples have been, and are currently dealing with the possibility of salmon extinction. This article is concerned with how such a crisis has been interpreted and acted upon within two nation's natural-resource management regimes. We observe how the threat of extinction has initiated commotion where nature, economies, legal instruments, politics and science have come into play, in ways that reveal differences in the Norwegian and American constellations of interests and powers, manifested as differences in natural resource management regimes' hierarchies of positions. The outcome is the protection of different entities, which could be labeled cultural and biological sustainability. In the Columbia River, cultural sustainability was promoted while in the Tana, biological sustainability became prioritized. By way of our comparison we ask if the protection of one kind of sustainability has to be to the detriment of the other. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2013, 5 479

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Section: Columbia Rivermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The State Of Salmon In Tanamentioning

confidence: 99%