TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF PACIFIC LAMPREY (ENTOSPHENUS TRIDENTATUS) IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION
Citation
David A. Close, Aaron D. Jackson, Brian P. Conner, and Hiram W. Li. 2004. TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF PACIFIC LAMPREY (ENTOSPHENUS TRIDENTATUS) IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION. JOURNAL OF NORTHWEST ANTHROPOLOGY 28 (2): 141-162.
Summary
Abstract The purpose in seeking Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of Pacific lamprey from tribal members within the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation was to gain additional natural history insights and baseline life history information for a poorly understood species. Tribal members described harvesting two types of lamprey from spring through fall, the short brown type and the long dark type. Lamprey spawning distribution was from the mouth to the headwaters in the Umatilla River. Larval lampreys were observed in the mud and sand areas of the mainstem Umatilla and Columbia rivers. Tribal members observed a major decline in numbers of lamprey within the Columbia River basin.
Summary
Abstract
The purpose in seeking Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of Pacific lamprey from tribal members within the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation was to gain additional natural history insights and baseline life history information for a poorly understood species. Tribal members described harvesting two types of lamprey from spring through fall, the short brown type and the long dark type. Lamprey spawning distribution was from the mouth to the headwaters in the Umatilla River. Larval lampreys were observed in the mud and sand areas of the mainstem Umatilla and Columbia rivers. Tribal members observed a major decline in numbers of lamprey within the Columbia River basin.
