We have identified cultural uses of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in the Sts'ailes, a group within the central Coast Salish First Nation in British Columbia, Canada. The non-timber forest products are culturally important and often accessible to local people. We undertook a community-based...

For over a century, the Menominee Tribe harvested timber from their forest; during this time the volume of standing timber increased, a sign of sustainable forest management. The Menominee selection of a green golden rule path has been made through consistent and long-standing efforts to reject...

chapter 1 Sustainability needs tested ideas from the Pacific Northwest -- chapter 2 The 'noble savage' spin game -- chapter 3 Northwest Coast world views -- chapter 4 Indian giving creates consumption connections to mirror ecosystem connections -- chapter 5 Contingent proprietorship provides...

"Prior to contact with European settlers, the incentive and governance systems used by First Nations peoples of the Northwest coast of North America provided more sustainable use of the fisheries and other resources of that region than did subsequent systems. This paper explores the major reason...