Peary caribou and barren-ground caribou COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 16
Acknowledgements
My great-uncle, Dr. R. M. Anderson (1876–1961), former Chief of the Biology Division of the National Museum of Canada from 1920 to 1946, contributed to Peary caribou knowledge and conservation through his early study and collections of Peary caribou and his life-long time dedication to the conservation of arctic wildlife.
Herodier Kalluk and Simione Amagoalik of Resolute Bay accompanied me throughout many miles of winter darkness while observing the responses of Peary caribou and muskoxen to seismic activities on Bathurst Island in the winter of 1974-1975. Tabitha Mullen, who was 4 years old when I worked with her father, Kalluk, on Bathurst Island, introduced me to the people of Resolute Bay and arranged for me to meet with the members of the Hunters and Trappers Association. Nancy Amarualik of the Hunters and Trappers Association explained the association’s biological survey program, her understanding of the caribou and muskox population changes and responses to environmental conditions and the hunting patterns of people from Resolute Bay, Grise Fiord, Gjoa Haven, Cambridge Bay and other communities in the project area. I am grateful to Susan Alley, Peter Amarualik, Roger Salluvinig, Nathaniel Kulluk, Martha Idlout, Ludy Kulluk and Mini Nungat for welcoming me to Resolute Bay and sharing with me their views on how to incorporate Aboriginal traditional knowledge into science assessments.
This update is an update of Miller (1991). Frank Miller has graciously provided a number of manuscripts in electronic format, which I have shamelessly plagiarized to avoid retyping the list of references. He, Anne Gunn and Mike Ferguson provided reprints, limited distribution papers long out of print, and unpublished materials such as conference presentations and briefing notes. John Nagy, with whom I enjoyed tagging Arctic coastal grizzly bears 28 years ago, also loaned me a box of reports on Peary caribou. Anne Gunn, Frank Miller and Mathieu Dumond provided photographs. Doug Harvey provided results of interviews with Resolute Bay and other High Arctic communities to codify Aboriginal traditional knowledge.
Frank Miller (with contributions from Don Thomas and Sam Barry), Anne Gunn, Michelle Wheatley, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Michel Crête, Larry Carpenter, David Nagorsen, John Nagy, Paul Latour and Mike Setterington reviewed earlier versions of the manuscript. Theresa Fowler, Keri Zittlau and Judith Eger provided additional comments on Arctic caribou classification.
Funding for the preparation of this status report was provided by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada.
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