Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada.
School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 3;17(21):8113. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218113.
By breaking down barriers that impacted the ability of subarctic First Nations people to harvest waterfowl, the Sharing-the-Harvest program provided a safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food (i.e., geese) to James Bay Cree communities while also helping to protect the environment by harvesting overabundant geese. However, the impacts extend beyond those described above. Thus, the objectives of the present paper are twofold: to document the food sharing networks of the Sharing-the-Harvest program; and to examine the benefits associated with the harvest program beyond food security and environmental sustainability issues, as revealed through semi-directed interviews. In the regional initiative, harvested geese were shared with all James Bay communities; sharing is an important part of Cree culture. Where detailed information was collected, the goose-sharing network reached 76% of the homes in one of the communities. Likewise, in the local initiative, the goose-sharing network had a 76% coverage rate of the homes in the community. Although decreasing food insecurity was an important focus of the harvest-sharing programs, there were other benefits, from an Indigenous perspective, of being on the land, as identified by the Cree harvesters through semi-directed interviews (e.g., the transmission of Indigenous knowledge, the strengthening of social networks, and the feeling of wellness while out on-the-land). Thus, by participating in the on-the-land harvest programs, the Cree gained benefits beyond those solely related to strengthening food security and contributing in part to environmental sustainability. The Sharing-the-Harvest protocol has the potential to be adapted and employed by other Indigenous (or marginalized) groups worldwide, to help improve health and wellness, while, also protecting the environment from overabundant and/or invasive species.
通过打破影响亚北极地区第一民族人民收获水禽能力的障碍，分享收获计划为詹姆斯湾克里族社区提供了安全、营养和文化上适宜的食物（即鹅），同时通过收获过多的鹅来帮助保护环境。然而，其影响远不止于此。因此，本文的目的有两个：记录分享收获计划的食品共享网络；并通过半定向访谈，研究收获计划除了食品安全和环境可持续性问题之外的相关效益。在区域倡议中，收获的鹅被分发给所有詹姆斯湾社区；分享是克里文化的重要组成部分。在有详细信息收集的地方，鹅的共享网络覆盖了一个社区的 76%的家庭。同样，在当地倡议中，鹅的共享网络覆盖了社区内 76%的家庭。虽然减少粮食不安全是收获共享计划的一个重要重点，但从土著角度来看，还有其他好处，如克里收获者通过半定向访谈所确定的：在土地上的传承、加强社会网络和在土地上的健康感。因此，通过参与土地收获计划，克里族获得了除了加强食品安全和在一定程度上促进环境可持续性之外的效益。分享收获协议有可能被世界各地的其他土著（或边缘化）群体采用和实施，以帮助改善健康和福祉，同时保护环境免受过度繁殖和/或入侵物种的影响。
