Sea lamprey control has been a dominant feature in the Great Lakes since the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) formation in 1955. Review and recommendations on the sea lamprey control program are undertaken by a Sea Lamprey International Symposium (SLIS) held every twenty years beginning in 1979. In the forty-year history of the SLIS, this is the first paper on Indigenous perspectives in the published outputs and is an important inaugural step for the SLIS. However, one singular paper does not represent the viewpoints of the many independent Indigenous communities of the Great Lakes area. Willingness to understand the Indigenous perspective is the first step toward trust responsibility obligations and consultation with Tribes in the U.S. and engagement with First Nations in Canada. Indigenous peoples’ belief systems can include kinship ties between human and nature. In turn, this dictates respectful relationships toward all life forms. As such sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) can be considered a life form to merit respect which can be incongruent with contemporary sea lamprey control strategies. Perhaps it is time to consider future reviews of sea lamprey control within an Indigenous context and knowledge framework to assist in an equitable and sustainable future for the Great Lakes.

自 1955 年五大湖渔业委员会 (GLFC) 成立以来，海七鳃鳗控制一直是五大湖区的主要特征。每二十年举行一次的海七鳃鳗国际研讨会 (SLIS) 对海七鳃鳗控制计划进行审查和建议1979 年。在 SLIS 四十年的历史中，这是第一篇关于土著观点的论文发表在已发表的成果中，也是 SLIS 的重要开创性一步。然而，一篇单一的论文并不代表五大湖地区许多独立土著社区的观点。愿意了解原住民的观点是迈向信任责任义务和与美国部落协商以及与加拿大原住民接触的第一步。土著人民的信仰体系可以包括人与自然之间的亲属关系。反过来，这决定了对所有生命形式的尊重关系。作为这样的海七鳃鳗（Petromyzon marinus ) 可以被认为是一种值得尊重的生命形式，这可能与当代海七鳃鳗控制策略不一致。也许是时候考虑在土著背景和知识框架内对海七鳃鳗控制进行未来审查，以帮助五大湖建立一个公平和可持续的未来。