Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Anishinaabe Cultural Landscape.

Davidson-Hunt, I. and F. Berkes. 2003. Learning as you journey: Anishinaabe perception of social-ecological environments and adaptive learning. Conservation Ecology 8(1): 5. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol8/iss1/art5/ Fig. 6. An idealized schematic of an Anishinaabe Cultural Landscape. Cultural landscapes are a mixture of biogeophysical, artifactual, and known (named or unnamed) features. A sample of terms.





Fig. 7. English translation of an Anishinaabe cultural landscape.
 Cultural landscapes are a mixture of biogeophysical, artifactual, and known (named or unnamed) features.

 Giishkaapiikaang Cracks in rock wall - sage location



Kaang - rocky place


Piikaang - rocky area


Giishkaa - rock cracks

Biinjiboonaagan - Fish trap http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol8/iss1/art5/inline.html


Binesiiwassiswun - Thunderbird nest

Mataabiiyaapkaang - Rocky slope going down to lake


Memengwayshiiwug  - Little rock people place

Niisapkaang - Rocky slope


Nimishoomisaabik  - Grandfather rock

No comments:

Post a Comment