87 record(s) found in the location "Inuvialuit Settlement Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Gwich'in Environmental Knowledge Project (GEKP)
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...


The Cultural Contributions of Canadian Aboriginal Societies
Principal Investigator: Jayachandran, John
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Research survey to study the cultural contributions that the Aboriginal people can make to our Canadian identity. Believe aboriginal people have an understanding of the sense of community which would serve to moderate the dominating influence of competition. That is, respect and dignity, consensus and cooperation in family and work situations whichs seems to characterize the Aboriginal way, woul...


The use of Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge in public government programs and services in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Irlbacher, Stephanie
Licensed Year(s): 1995
Summary: In gathering information for this research, the researcher will conduct interviews with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal elected representatives, policy makers, and officials of the Department of Renewable Resources and Health and Social Services. As well the researcher will conduct interviews with interested observers from Aboriginal Cultural institutes, Aboriginal organizations and community group...


Western Arctic Women Artists
Principal Investigator: McNeal, Joanne
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: Phase One and Two were completed in 1992 and 1993. Phase 3 (completion) will review previous interviews and additional interviews will be conducted. Current interviews will become part of an international project headed by Dr. Rita Irwin of UBC....


Mirages: The Secrets of Ancient Ruins
Principal Investigator: Takeno, Atsushi
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The research will consist of video-taping mirages in the arctic. In addition, interviews with community residents will be performed in order to examine the ways in which indigenous people have regarded the phenomenon of mirages. This research will result in the production of a film which discusses both the cultural and scientific aspects of mirages....


Process of musical transculturation among Inuvialuit of the Mackenzie Delta
Principal Investigator: Rodriguez, Marisol
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will visit the Mad Trapper Jamboree at Aklavik, the Beluga Jamboree at Tuktoyaktuk, and the White Fox Jamboree at Sachs Harbour in order to conduct interviews with musicians and other jamboree participants. This information will be added to the information gathered last summer at the Inuvik Music Festival. This research examines the social significance of music in the Inuvialuit....


A study of Gwich'in place names in the Gwich'in Settlement Area
Principal Investigator: Andre, Alestine
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The proposed research project will involve a one-week trip up the Arctic Red River. Two Elders along with the researcher team will travel by boat up the river with two river guides. Elders will assist in the location and interpretation of traditional sites, place names and other significant features. A one-week visit will also be made to Fort McPherson and Aklavik by the researchers in order to...


Inuit Clothing: A Study in the Transformation of Culture
Principal Investigator: Driscoll, Bernadette T.
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991 1990
Summary: The researcher will examine indigenous clothing design and clothing change in the Kitikmeot region. She will record the historical change from fur to fabric clothing, as well as investigate the continuing importance of fur clothing to hunters and detail the social and economic significance of maintaining sewing skills within Inuit families. It will be the first anthropological study to examine c...


Inuit Traditional and Modern Leadership from the Shamans' era to the up-coming self-government period; (2) Inuit Leaders, in the new political development
Principal Investigator: D'Anglure, Bernard Saladin
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The research will involve the study of Inuit leaders and political development. How one became a leader among the Inuit, traditionally and in the present time using factors such as kinship, leadership, personal performance, authority and religious power will be be investigated....


The Geographical Knowledge of the Inuit of the Copper Eskimo Area
Principal Investigator: Collignon, Beatrice M.
Licensed Year(s): 1998 1992 1991
Summary: Ms. Collignon will continue to investigate Inuit geography, geographical thoughts about the land and perception of space and the way Inuit organize their knowledge of the land into a general explanation of the world around them....


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