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TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of economic development in James Bay
T2 - the Cree tallymen speak out
AU - Whiteman, Gail
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Although there has been a tremendous amount of past and future development in the James Bay region of northern Canada, there has been very little empirical research that examined the impact of economic development on Cree tallymen, who are the senior grassroots managers of this vulnerable ecosystem. This oversight is particularly important because the region is currently facing the possibility of additional large-scale hydroelectric development and there is no existing baseline information on past impacts on Cree tallymen. In addition, tallymen continue to have important cultural significance to the Cree Nation and also broader significance to the field of sustainable management. This article attempts to fill this gap by providing ethnographic research on the impact of past development on Cree tallymen from the perspectives of the tallymen themselves. The author also draws implications for environmental impact assessments in the region and, more broadly, for the future study of ecologically embedded managers such as the Cree tallymen.
AB - Although there has been a tremendous amount of past and future development in the James Bay region of northern Canada, there has been very little empirical research that examined the impact of economic development on Cree tallymen, who are the senior grassroots managers of this vulnerable ecosystem. This oversight is particularly important because the region is currently facing the possibility of additional large-scale hydroelectric development and there is no existing baseline information on past impacts on Cree tallymen. In addition, tallymen continue to have important cultural significance to the Cree Nation and also broader significance to the field of sustainable management. This article attempts to fill this gap by providing ethnographic research on the impact of past development on Cree tallymen from the perspectives of the tallymen themselves. The author also draws implications for environmental impact assessments in the region and, more broadly, for the future study of ecologically embedded managers such as the Cree tallymen.
KW - sustainable development
KW - ecological embeddedness
KW - cultural change
KW - Cree
KW - hydroelectric development
KW - EIA
U2 - 10.1177/1086026604270636
DO - 10.1177/1086026604270636
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 425
EP - 448
JO - Organization and Environment
JF - Organization and Environment
SN - 1086-0266
IS - 4
M1 - 17
ER -