Adopting a Root: Documenting Ecological and Cultural Signatures of Plant Translocations in Northwestern North America. Issue 4 (7th November 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Adopting a Root: Documenting Ecological and Cultural Signatures of Plant Translocations in Northwestern North America. Issue 4 (7th November 2021)
- Main Title:
- Adopting a Root: Documenting Ecological and Cultural Signatures of Plant Translocations in Northwestern North America
- Authors:
- Turner, Nancy J.
Geralda Armstrong, Chelsey
Lepofsky, Dana - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been an increasing recognition of the role humans play in the structure, composition, and function of ecosystems. Ethnoecological documentation of traditional management systems of Indigenous Peoples in northwestern North America has contributed significantly to this rethinking. A less well‐recognized but foundational part of traditional management of this region is the practice of transplanting plants and plant propagules to expand the range and accessibility of culturally valued plants. In part, the lack of recognition of such translocations has to do with difficulties in identifying evidence of such actions from the past. Here, we summarize various lines of evidence, including that from ethnographic and ethnohistoric records, languages, oral traditions, phytogeography, and archaeology, to document the widespread and long‐standing extent of plant translocation practices among Indigenous Peoples of northwestern North America. Furthermore, we demonstrate how such practices have helped shape contemporary native plant communities throughout the region. Recognizing these past contributions to current ecological contexts honors Indigenous heritage and Indigenous Peoples' long‐term relationships with their biological worlds. [ translocation, transplanting, ethnobotany, traditional resource management, northwestern North America ] RESUMEN: En años recientes, ha habido un reconocimiento creciente del rol que los humanos juegan en la estructura,ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been an increasing recognition of the role humans play in the structure, composition, and function of ecosystems. Ethnoecological documentation of traditional management systems of Indigenous Peoples in northwestern North America has contributed significantly to this rethinking. A less well‐recognized but foundational part of traditional management of this region is the practice of transplanting plants and plant propagules to expand the range and accessibility of culturally valued plants. In part, the lack of recognition of such translocations has to do with difficulties in identifying evidence of such actions from the past. Here, we summarize various lines of evidence, including that from ethnographic and ethnohistoric records, languages, oral traditions, phytogeography, and archaeology, to document the widespread and long‐standing extent of plant translocation practices among Indigenous Peoples of northwestern North America. Furthermore, we demonstrate how such practices have helped shape contemporary native plant communities throughout the region. Recognizing these past contributions to current ecological contexts honors Indigenous heritage and Indigenous Peoples' long‐term relationships with their biological worlds. [ translocation, transplanting, ethnobotany, traditional resource management, northwestern North America ] RESUMEN: En años recientes, ha habido un reconocimiento creciente del rol que los humanos juegan en la estructura, composición y función de los ecosistemas. La documentación etnoecológica del manejo tradicional de sistemas por los indígenas en el noroeste de América del Norte ha contribuido significativamente a este repensar. Una parte del manejo tradicional de esta región, menos conocido pero fundacional es la práctica de trasplantar plantas y propágulos de plantas para expandir el rango y la accesibilidad de plantas valoradas culturalmente. En parte, la falta de reconocimiento de tales translocaciones tiene que ver con las dificultades de identificar evidencia de tales acciones en el pasado. Aquí resumimos varias líneas de evidencia, incluyendo aquella de los registros etnográficos y etnohistóricos, lenguaje y tradiciones orales, fitogeografía y arqueología para documentar la extensión generalizada y de larga data de las prácticas de translocación de plantas entre indígenas del noroeste de América del Norte. Adicionalmente, demostramos cómo tales prácticas han ayudado a dar forma a las comunidades de plantas nativas contemporáneas en toda la región. Al reconocer estas contribuciones pasadas a los contextos ecológicos actuales se hace honor al patrimonio indígena y las relaciones de largo plazo de los indígenas con los mundos biológicos. [ translocación, trasplantes, etnobotánica, manejo tradicional de recursos, noroeste de América del Norte ] … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- American anthropologist. Volume 123:Issue 4(2021)
- Journal:
- American anthropologist
- Issue:
- Volume 123:Issue 4(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 123, Issue 4 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 123
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0123-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 879
- Page End:
- 897
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11-07
- Subjects:
- Anthropology -- Periodicals
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http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1639184.html ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1548-1433 ↗
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00027294.html ↗
http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/3a ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/aman.13658 ↗
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- English
- ISSNs:
- 0002-7294
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