##  [Speaking with No Voice: Indigenous Conservation Among kaa shagóon (Physical), kaa tundataní (Mental), toowú (Emotional), and At yakgwahéiyagu (Spirit)](/resource/speaking-no-voice-indigenous-conservation-among-kaa-shagoon-physical-kaa-tundatani-mental) 

Organization

[University of Alberta (UofA)](/organization/university-alberta-uofa)

 

 

Project

[Theses - University of Alberta (UofA)](/project/theses-university-alberta-uofa)

 

Resource Type

[Thesis](/taxonomy/term/1407)

 

 

Author(s)

Jared Gonet

 

 

Resource Date:

2026

 

Page Length

168

 

 

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.