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Living Proof 2 June 10

Living Proof coverThe Union of BC Indian Chiefs and Ecotrust Canada have announced the publishing of Living Proof: The Essential Data-Collection Guide for Indigenous Use-and-Occupancy Map Surveys by Terry Tobias (Tobias & Associates). This book is the much-anticipated follow-up to Chief Kerry's Moose: A Guidebook to Land Use and Occupancy Mapping, Research Design.

Living Proof is a peer-reviewed guidebook of in-depth methodology for collection of high quality Indigenous cultural data. It was written with the support and knowledge of practitioners and the generations of experiences of many Indigenous communities within their respective territories throughout Canada, Alaska and Australia. Living Proof is 486 pages of research methodology presented in an easy to read style with a gallery of over 300 maps, photos and graphics. Canadian aboriginal communities initiatived many of the interview and mapping methods used internationally, starting in the 1960s. This new product grows out of 40 years of interviews, and technical tools from Canada's aboriginal communities.

Being the first of its kind, Living Proof represents a milestone in the field of lands planning and occupancy research. It represents not only the extensive experience of the author, but the combined experience of over 100 practitioners across three countries.

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View March 26, 2010 EcoTrust article

Source: Union of BC Indian Chiefs
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