the Beluga News - Honouring the Water

5 Summer 2024 Honouring the Water Issue the Beluga News Increasing our knowledge of Churchill’s beluga population Credit: Aaron Janzen Honouring the Water Indigenous Knowledge about the Belugas of Churchill Each summer, tourists from around the reflect the long co-existence of people and their knowledge about beluga whales in world flock to Churchill, Manitoba, eager belugas at Churchill and Weste. [...] The sharing circles began with the question before they were shipped away.” Contributors also talked about their visions “When was the first time you saw a beluga In recent decades, ecotourism has drawn for the future, including ensuring that whale?” and recorded a variety of stories growing numbers of tourists to Churchill beluga whales continue to thrive in the about how individuals and communit. [...] distant past, where belugas have been, and “Everyone talked In the next phase of the project, data continue to be, an important food source from the interviews will be analyzed and for the Inuit of the region, as well as having about how special the summarized in a variety of forms, including cultural and spiritual significance. [...] The ceremony, held at the lower dock area near the mouth of the Churchill estuary, reflected on the importance of water as a giver of life, and the important connection between Indigenous people and water, both the fresh water of the river and the salt water of the bay. [...] Kilometres Recommendation: 0 2 4 “As activity at the Port increases, it is ! Beluga Telemetry Tracking Points imperative to determine a current state (DFO and Oceans North 1992, 1993, 2002-2005, 2012, 2013) of the estuarine environment in order to appropriately gauge changes and effects, to the marine environment and aquatic life, The Natural Abundance of Western Hudson Bay belugas included.