Indigenous leadership in conservation
Indigenous peoples have wide-ranging knowledge of the land and its ecology. Through collaboration with Indigenous partners, Parks Canada and Canadians are benefitting from traditional knowledge systems that have been handed down over many thousands of years.
Protecting bison cannot be done alone. Parks Canada works in partnership with many Indigenous communities to help bison grow and thrive.
What will the return of kuu ("sea otters" in the Haida language) mean to the people of Gwaii Haanas?
For the Coast Salish peoples, clam gardens have always been both pantries and classrooms.
Parks Canada, the Haida Nation and several international partners are helping recover Ancient Murrelets.
The Haida Nation and Parks Canada are restoring native plant species in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.
Without traditional knowledge the search would have been wholly impractical.
The cultural site Many Caches is a treasure at the heart of Tuktut Nogait National Park.
Indigenous knowledge works hand in hand with modern science to protect a park and a homeland
Thanks to the work of several partners, including Fort Folly First Nation, salmon are returning to the inner Bay of Fundy.
Indigenous and local communities are working with Parks Canada to address snow goose overabundance.
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Publications
- State of Canada's Natural and Cultural Heritage Places (2016): Working Together with Indigenous Peoples
- Promising Pathways: Strengthening Engagement and Relationships with Indigenous peoples in Parks Canada heritage places
- The Land is our Teacher: Reflections and Stories on Working with Indigenous Knowledge Holders to Manage Parks Canada’s Heritage Places