of life” (Gerber & Macionis, 2014, p. 58). Rich in resources and vast in size, the Tahltan nations relationship with their land is evident in all aspects of their culture, from governance to traditional stories; therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine in detail how the land has shaped the Tahltan people’s beliefs. Governance Traditional Social Organization The traditional social organization of the Tahltan was based on the Raven and Wolf moieties (Albright, 1984, p. 11). A moiety is “one
The ecological concerns of Canada have been more or less the same as those of the rest of the world. Canada also has faced severe ecological crisis since the migration of the whites to the land. An ecocritical reading of George Bowering’s poems would bring out the anti-ecological attitudes of the settlers, as his poetry becomes a critique of the colonial centrality, which distorted the ecological concord of Canada preserved by the natives. The colonial formula of exploitation has been strongly resisted
The Olympic Peninsula is in the upper northeast corner of Washington State. The Pacific Ocean, Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hood Canal border the extensive forests, mountains, and beaches that contributes to a pristine environment. Right in the center of the Olympic Peninsula is the Olympic National Park. President Franklin Roosevelt designated this area the Olympic National Park in 1938 after he acknowledged the need to preserve such unspoiled land. Unfortunately he made an effort far too late because