Principal Investigator:Napier, Kyle William Licensed Year(s):
2020
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4797.
The goal of this project is to addresses the need for Dene leading their own Dene education through collaborative community work.
The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct an interview with participants to discuss Dëné Dédliné Yati?´, and Dëné ways of living and learning. Interviews will be held with Dëné in the...
Principal Investigator:Jaker, Alessandro M Licensed Year(s):
2017
2016 Summary:
The goal of this project is to better understand the verb system of the Chipewyan dialects native to the area north and east of Great Slave Lake--these dialects are the most different from all other Chipewyan (Dene Suline) dialects, and are referred to (by many speakers) as Tetsot'ine Yatie. These dialects are unique in having lost many intervocalic consonants that are still pronounced in the sout...
Principal Investigator:Jaker, Alessandro M Licensed Year(s):
2014
201320122009200820072005 Summary:
This project is the continuation of a previous year's project, "Teaching our Yellowknives Dene Languages". The research team will produce two published materials, in each language (Dogrib and Chipewyan): an intermediate-level reader, and a verb dictionary. The reader will contain elders' stories on topics from Dene Kede, with a focus on animals: the research team would like to include at least two...