Researching Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Multiple Uses

Résumé

Particular and differing interests o f researcher and community members were pulledtogether to produce research results that simultaneously met the needs o fcommunities and fulfilled the expectations o f research institutions. This article,written from the perspective o f afield researcher charged with coordinating theon-the-ground research in the Gitxaala Nation describes how interviews andqualitative card sort methods for examining traditional ecological knowledge weredeveloped to meet treaty, academic, and educational goals.