Moose Management in Unama'ki with Clifford Paul

Clifford Paul, Moose Management Coordinator at the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR), describes how Mi'kmaq First Nations developed a sustainable moose management plan that balances the exercise of Mi'kmaq jurisdiction and their responsibilities to the land. 

 

Clifford is from Membertou First Nation. He has a BA in Community Studies, and took part in the innovative Integrative Science Program at Cape Breton University. Clifford is a gifted storyteller and communicator, and is the former editor of The Micmac News.

Clifford and his colleagues at UINR are practitioners of Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing), the ability to use two lenses to interpret the world, weaving traditional knowledge and western science.

 

Clifford presented at the Anishinabek Nation Mooz Symposium in September 2024.

This podcast is produced by the Communications Department at the Anishinabek Nation.

Music: “Brothers” by Wolf Saga and Chippewa Travellers, “For Eddie” by Don Ross, licensed by Nagamo Publishing.

Click here to download the transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yk8gvcm9seiggwde/Ep22_PAUL_Moose_Transcript_2025-04_07.pdf

Links and Resources:
Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources
https://www.uinr.ca/
Tia’muwe’l Netuklimkewe’l Unama’ki Moose Harvesting According to Netukulimk

https://mikmaqrights.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MooseGuidelines.pdf

Tiam Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge: Moose in Unama’ki
https://www.uinr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Moose-MEK-web-1.pdf

Tiam This is Our Story
Tiam-This-is-our-Story-WEB-1.pdf

Mooz Symposium Part 1: Traditional mooz harvesting and climate change

https://bemaadizijigganoonindwaa.podbean.com/e/mooz-symposium-part-1-traditional-mooz-harvesting-and-climate-change/

Mooz Symposium Part 2: Mooz research with Curtis Avery
https://bemaadizijigganoonindwaa.podbean.com/e/mooz-symposium-part-2-mooz-research-with-curtis-avery/