Gwich'in Environmental Knowledge Project (GEKP)

Régions: Gwich'in Settlement Area

étiquettes: traditional knowledge, language, mapping, Gwich'in

chercheur principal: Raygorodetsky, Gleb (2)
Nᵒ de permis: 12806
Organisation: Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board
Année(s) de permis: 1996 1995
Délivré: janv. 01, 1995
Équipe de projet: Four community research assistants to be hired.

Objectif(s): The objectives of the GEKP will be to document: traditional use of the land; traditional use of animal and fish species; traditional use of plants; beliefs about different species; maps of areas used during different seasons; culturally significant areas; areas; and Gwich'in names for animals and plant species, and natural processes.

Description du projet: Through a participatory action research process, the GEKP will collect, organize and present, in a report form, traditional environmental knowledge in the Gwich'in Settlement Area (GSA). This is a two year joint project between the Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board Board and the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute, working with Gwich'in beneficiaries. Both groups will be responsible for directing the project through a steering committee in each community.