The article The Politics of Tek: Power and the “Integration” of Knowledge by Paul Nadasdy addresses the difficulty of using traditional Native knowledge in scientific research. The author uses his first-hand knowledge of interacting with both the local First Nations community and the assigned government researchers to highlight the fundamental differences and approaches in the preservation of the Arctic environment. Rather than present solutions to the conflict, the author instead analyzes the situation to its most basic concept: numbers versus traditional knowledge, and which is more effective. I have one major issue with the author’s anecdote of “A number of First Nations people, for example, in expressing to me their frustration with traditional
