NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: McCartney, Leslie
Licensed Year(s): 2002 2001 2000
Summary: Biological sketches will be produced for consenting Elders from the four communities: Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic. The researcher will be based in Tsiigehtchic and Elders from this community and Fort McPherson will be interviewed first. Once these interviews are completed, the researcher will move to Inuvik to interview both Elders from that community and from Aklavik. In...

Principal Investigator: Main Johnson, Leslie
Licensed Year(s): 2000 1999
Summary: It is hoped that this project will help to pass on the traditional knowledge of Elders to younger generations before this knowledge and their skills are lost. Documentation of Gwich'in TEK may also help in developing sustainable ways of living within northern lands in the future. The reseacher's specific activities include: extended particpatory trips on the land to Gwich'in trapping camps, fish ...

Principal Investigator: Wolki, Lena
Licensed Year(s): 1998
Summary: The Sachs Harbour Elders & Youth Councils wish to pursue the continuation of the Oral & Traditional Knowledge / History of Banks Island with focus on northern areas of the Island. Before going to Aulavik National Park, the elders participating will be visited and shown a map of the park and the surrounding area to see how many traditional place names they can recall and how many places they actual...

Principal Investigator: Raygorodetsky, Gleb
Licensed Year(s): 1996 1995
Summary: The project proposes to collect, organize, and present, in report form, traditional environmental knowledge in the Gwich'in Settlement Area (GSA). This information would give the Gwich'in and other resource managers a better "picture" of the region based on the perspective of the people who have lived there for generations. It also provides a basis for incorporating local environmental knowledge...