DM Cultural Services, Ltd. is often involved in the documentation of ‘Traditional Ecological Knowledge,’ or ‘TEK.’ Communities document TEK as a way of identifying local practices related to the conservation and management of fish, animals and plants. These studies can be helpful alternatives to biological studies of wildlife that do not take First Nations uses of these species into account.

Past TEK projects include:

• Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Moose in Northern BC
• Traditional Practices Related to the Harvesting and Use of Herring Roe on the British Columbia Coast

In both of these cases, DMCS researchers worked with community researchers to collect information through interviews and to prepare reports that satisified community leadership that their interests were taken into account.

TEK studies often involve historical and language-based or linguistic research in order to document properly the names of plants and animals in your language. DMCS can assist you in this work.

DMCS bookmarks TEK research (and related websites) on del.icio.us. Click here to see the links — and, yes, they are constantly updated. (RSS)