Future Rivers of the Anthropocene

One meaning of the word Tlingit is “people of the tides.” Immediately, this identification with tides introduces a palpable experience of the aquatic as well as a keen sense of place. It is a universal truth that the human animal has co-evolved over millennia with water or the lack of it, developing...

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Published in:Open rivers 2022 (Issue Nineteen : Fall 2021)
Main Author: Eleanor Hayman, Colleen James, and Mark Wedge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
indigenous perspectives
north america
policy
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Summary:One meaning of the word Tlingit is “people of the tides.” Immediately, this identification with tides introduces a palpable experience of the aquatic as well as a keen sense of place. It is a universal truth that the human animal has co-evolved over millennia with water or the lack of it, developing nuanced, sophisticated and intimate water knowledges. However, there is little in the anthropological or geographical record that showcases contemporary Indigenous societies upholding customary laws concerning their relationship with water, and more precisely how this dictates their philosophy of place...
ISSN:2471-190X
2471-190X
DOI:10.24926/2471190X.8306