Publications by authors named "Nancy J Turner"
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- This study examines how Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia have historically managed and cultivated beaked hazelnut, shedding light on long-term human-plant interactions beyond traditionally studied domesticated species.
- The research involves genetic sampling of hazelnuts from three regions, revealing distinct genetic clusters and the impact of human movement on these populations.
- Findings suggest that hazelnut management included both long-distance transplanting and local stewardship, emphasizing the significant role of Indigenous practices in the ecology of supposedly "wild" plants.
While ethnobiology is a discipline that focuses on the local, it has an outstanding, but not yet fully realized potential to address global issues. Part of this unrealized potential is that universalistic approaches often do not fully recognize culturally grounded perspectives and there are multiple challenges with scaling up place-based research. However, scalability is paramount to ensure that the intimate and context-specific diversity of human-environmental relationships and understandings are recognized in global-scale planning and policy development.
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- * The arrival of European traders and settlers introduced numerous new plant species, both intentionally (like turnips and onions) and accidentally (like dandelion) into the region.
- * Studying how Indigenous Peoples adapted these new plants into their language and lifestyle highlights their ability to integrate new resources and expand their cultural understanding.
Indigenous Peoples in Northwestern North America have always worked with predictable cycles of day and night, tides, moon phases, seasons, and species growth and reproduction, including such phenological indicators as the blooming of flowers and the songs of birds. Negotiating variability has been constant in people's lives. Long-term monitoring and detailed knowledge of other lifeforms and landscapes of people's home territories have assisted in responding and adapting to change.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) is a tree species utilized for succulent edible cambium and secondary phloem in the spring by Interior First Peoples of the Pacific Northwest. In this article we present a nutritional analysis of this food based on a pooled sample of 17 trees harvested in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study reports how Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and informal cultural institutions have conserved key varieties of the wildgrowing rice, 'tinni' (red rice, or brownbeard rice, Oriza rufipogon Griff.), within the Bhar community of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. The study was conducted, using conventional and participatory methods, in 10 purposively selected Bhar villages.
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