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First Nations Perspectives on the Grasslands of the Interior of British Columbia
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Abstract
Although the First Nations Elders from the interior of southern British Columbia, Canada, recall times when grass was "belly-high to a horse," today they worry about the deteriorated state of the grasslands. Using ethnographic and historical research methods, this paper documents recognized First Nations experts' historical memory of the grasslands. Based on the ethnographic accounts, this paper also attempts to reconstruct the effects of colonization on the grassland ecology ...
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