NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Maraj, Ramona
Licensed Year(s): 2011 2010
Summary: The researcher will gather local and traditional knowledge related to the population status of polar bears, and the influence that climate change has had on polar bears and their habitat in the Beaufort Sea. The information from interviews will be used to develop a description of acceptable management practices and management goals for polar bears. The researcher can then compare that information ...

Principal Investigator: Lyons, Natasha L.
Licensed Year(s): 2010 2009
Summary: This study will facilitate the interaction of Inuvialuit community members with a museum collection purchased from their forebears on the Anderson River in the mid 19th century, and will document present-day Inuvialuit knowledge about this collection. The project will also generate opportunities to build capacity amongst youth in videography and ethnographic documentation techniques. Finally, proj...

Principal Investigator: Edge, Lois E.
Licensed Year(s): 2009 2008 2007
Summary: Objectives of this research include (a) share experience as Visiting Researcher to the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to study a pair of moccasins made by the researcher’s grandmother, Mrs. Joanne Edge, at her home in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories in 1942 (completed); (b) facilitate a beading circle with urban Aboriginal women in Edmonton, Alberta to document the contribution of bea...

Principal Investigator: Ayers, Harvard G
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007
Summary: The purpose of this project is to publicize the rich cultural heritage of Arctic Aboriginal peoples, especially as relates to their relationship to the land. The plan is to interview people (mostly Aboriginal) and publish a book, to bring their voices to the Canadian and American public, and to humanize these subjects so that the human rights component of the energy policy debate is brought to the...

Principal Investigator: Wray, Kristine E J
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007
Summary: The objectives of this study are: 1)Investigate the scope and extent of Aboriginal knowledge networks concerning caribou; to what extent do harvesters draw upon local knowledge, traditional knowledge and/or scientific data generated by government and other sources to make their decisions about where, when and with whom to harvest? 2) Explore the extent to which traditional knowledge, generated...

Principal Investigator: Irlbacher-Fox, Stephanie
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: Tanning moose hide is a Dene cultural practice which continues from ancient times, practiced almost exclusively by Dene women. Today, tanned moose hide is prized as a material for ceremonial clothing, and is a marker of the continued vitality of indigenous knowledge and social practices, including bush skills, culture and values, tanning, and sewing. It creates positive social dynamics including k...

Principal Investigator: Benson, Kristi
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The objective of this study is to obtain Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), including traditional use and place names information, related the headwaters of the Arctic Red River in preparation for a preliminary archaeological survey of the area. So far, the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute (GSCI) has conducted a literature review and traditional use interviews on the area. Through these...

Principal Investigator: Lyons, Natasha L.
Licensed Year(s): 2006 2005
Summary: Archaeologists are increasingly aware that engaging aboriginal peoples in research is essential. Public archaeology emphasizes community outreach and involvement, and this study aims to develop a program of public archaeology in collaboration with the Inuvialuit communities of Aklavik and Inuvik. The communities recognize that elders' knowledge is being lost at an unprecedented rate and this has ...

Principal Investigator: Millar, Nathan P
Licensed Year(s): 2006
Summary: Gwich’in people living in Tsiigehtchic have fished for broad whitefish, lake whitefish, inconnu, and ciscoes along the Arctic Red and Mackenzie Rivers for generations. Today, fishing is still an important livelihood, and fish comprise a major food source. The proper management of these resources is, therefore, a priority in the community of Tsiighetchic. A five-year study completed by the Gwich’in...

Principal Investigator: Povey, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004 2003 2002
Summary: This project is a continuation of traditional knowledge (TK) studies in the Gwich'in Settlement Area (GSA), which were initiated in 2002 as part of the baseline studies and assessment for the Mackenzie Gas Project. The Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute (GSCI) will conduct the study in the GSA as a subcontractor to the Mackenzie Project Environment Group. The study will proceed under the gui...