Speaking with No Voice: Indigenous Conservation Among kaa shagóon (Physical), kaa tundataní (Mental), toowú (Emotional), and At yakgwahéiyagu (Spirit)

This thesis investigates Indigenous Conservation through the lens of an Indigenous academic, conservationist, and person tied to place in southern Yukon, Canada. I center within several methodologies, outlined below, to draw out teachings written for different audiences, and different parts of a person. Seasons (Fall / Winter / Spring / Summer) and aspects (Physical / Mental / Emotional / Spiritual) are prevalent throughout this thesis, being part of my worldview, and way of making sense of the world. I draw primarily from some teachings in Inland Tlingit, but also teachings from Indigenous academics more broadly. Using those teachings in chapter 1 I investigate research frameworks, in chapter 2 how conservation science may perpetuate colonial worldviews from a theory perspective, in chapter 3 I bring the worldviews of Carcross Tagish First Nation into Land and Water planning, and in chapter 4 I investigate my own experiences in Indigenous-led conservation. 
The thesis objective was to investigate how Indigenous Knowledge Systems of place-based indigenous-led conservation flourish and interact with dominant ways of being in conservation science, practice, and related work.