Traditional Ecology 1
What are 2 culturally significant plants to the Kootenai Indians that depend on fire to thrive?
camas and huckleberries
What TEK land care practices helped to modify the vegetation?
prescribed fire and seasonal flooding
What is the name of the fungus that has a symbiotic relationship with tree roots?
Mycorrhizae
With what national park did the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) sign an agreement with allowing the harvest of an edible spring green?
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
What term describes “the sum total of all thoughts and dreams, myths, ideas, inspirations, intuitions, brought into being by human imagination since the dawn of consciousness?”
ethnosphere
What mainstream science tool are scientists using to detect changes in the artic?
Remote sensing
Based on the Indigenous world view, should any site be strictly protected from the extraction of natural resources?
NO
What 2 TEK values demonstrate the ethics of taking what meets human needs and practicing stewardship that leaves natural resources in healthy condition?
sustainability and reciprocity
How many species of fungus exist?
100
What is the scientific name for the edible plant that is culturally significant to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians?
Rudbeckia laciniata
Who makes up 4 or 5 percent of the world’s population and maintains 80% of the planet’s biodiversity in 85% of the world’s protected areas?
Native people
Land managers in Australia have adopted many of the fire-control practices of what native people?
the aborigines
What was the punishment for using cultural fire?
death
How would a grove of mature, old-growth trees be managed if a traditionally harvested medicinal plant was present?
will be left uncut
What do trees pass to each other through their mycorrhizal networks?
sugars, nutrients and signaling molecules with information about things like drought or insect attacks
What is the name that the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians gave to the plant commonly referred to as the green-headed coneflower?
sochan
What animal is considered an important indicator of a changing Arctic environment?
Insects (they are temperature-dependent)
Of the 5 stages of the indigenous use of fire which one are they struggling with the most?
The first state - to control wildfire fuel
What term describes the knowledge and practices generated and passed down by Indigenous people across generations?
Traditional Ecological Knowledge(TEK)
In 2004 what protection act enabled stewardship agreements between federal agencies and Native American Tribes?
Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA)
What is the name for the root-like structure of fungi, consisting of a mass of thread-like filaments called hyphae?
Mycelium
How does traditional harvesting of this plant impact plant populations?
It stimulates more vigorous growth and increases flower and seed production
In remote areas of the Arctic who notices dramatic changes in a landscape?
native people who make a living on the landscape as hunters and fishers
What animal actually starts fires In Australia by dropping a burning branch in unburned places?
birds
What were 2 culturally significant animal species?
beaver and bison
What is the underlying management technique of Traditional Ecological Knowledge?
Adaptive management
What is the name of the underground fungal networks formed through symbiotic relationships between fungi and plant roots?
Mycorrhizal networks
At what rate should young leaves of this plant be traditionally harvested so it does not harm it?
moderate rate
What is the term used for controlled, low intensity "cool" fires to manage biodiversity, water supply, wildlife abundance, and edible plants?
fire and no fire / fire stick farming
What people from Mesoamerica preserve an astonishing amount of biodiversity in their forest village gardens?
Maya people