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Indigenous Perspectives on Water Security in Saskatchewan, Canada

dc.contributor.authorAwume, Obadiah
dc.contributor.authorPatrick, Robert J.
dc.contributor.authorBaijius, Warrick
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-28T18:07:13Z
dc.date.available2023-06-28T18:07:13Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe term “water security” continues to gain traction in water resources literature with broad application to human health, water quality, and sustainability of water supply. These western science applications focus almost exclusively on the material value of water for human uses and activities. This paper offers voice to other interpretations of water security based on semi-structured interviews with Indigenous participants representing varied backgrounds and communities from Saskatchewan, a Canadian prairie province. The results indicate that water security from an Indigenous perspective embraces much more than the material value of water. Five themes emerged from this research that speak to a more holistic framing of water security to include water as a life form, water and the spirit world, women as water-keepers, water and human ethics, and water in Indigenous culture. This broader interpretation provides a more nuanced understanding of water security, which serves to enrich the water security narrative while educating western science.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Sciences and Engineering Research Council CREATE for Water Security program at the University of Saskatchewanen_US
dc.description.versionPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/w12030810
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10388/14748
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectSaskatchewanen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectindigenous peopleen_US
dc.subjectwater governanceen_US
dc.subjectwater securityen_US
dc.titleIndigenous Perspectives on Water Security in Saskatchewan, Canadaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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