37 record(s) found in the location "Inuvialuit Settlement Region" (multi-year projects are grouped): Not seeing the results you want? Tryadvanced search.
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:Novikova, Natalya I. Licensed Year(s):
2006
Summary:
The major issues in the interaction of indigenous peoples and industrial corporations are the right of aboriginal peoples to natural resources, and aboriginal participation and co-management of these resources. These issues generate heated discussion on all levels of power, and acquire the character of conflict in everyday life. Lack of understanding about other parties’ intentions precludes engag...
Principal Investigator:Fremgen, Barbara A. Licensed Year(s):
2006
2006
Summary:
This doctoral study aims to explore Clifford Geertz’s approach towards understanding culture and humanity. Geertz’s methodology of “thick description” will be employed to arrive at an understanding of the issues of identity, culture and change among indigenous peoples in Canada. This year the study will focus on working with the Inuvialuit communities of Inuvik and Holman.
The primary method o...
Principal Investigator:Johnson, Donald S. Licensed Year(s):2007
2006
200520042003 Summary:
The aim of this research project is to examine the processes of long-term Copper Inuit-European inter-societal interaction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. More specifically, the project will examine the effects and attempt to answer questions about inter-societal interaction and its effects on material trade networks, intra-group social relations, material culture and seasonality an...
Principal Investigator:Salomons, Michael Licensed Year(s):2004
2003
Summary:
The goal of this project is to collect and document traditional uses and knowledge of plants in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), to store this information in a permanent form for future generations of Inuvialuit, to promote and enhance education about Inuvialuktun language and culture as related to plant use within the ISR, and to educate present generations of Inuvialuit about conservation...
Principal Investigator:Fafard, Melanie Licensed Year(s):200320022001
2000
Summary:
This is a community based project with the objective of conducting an archaeological inventory of the Peel River Plateau in order to build a heritage inventory and improve the understanding of human history of the area. Within the ethno-archaeological survey oral histories will be collected from Teetl'it Gwich'in Elders. These interviews will be conducted with informed consent and will be audio-...
Principal Investigator:Palsson, Gisli Licensed Year(s):
2000
Summary:
This research is a part a bigger project on the field work of the early explorer and anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson. In the Inuvik, the investigator will interview Stefansson's descendants' about their relationship with him and his marriage to their grandmother. The interviews will only take place after the subjects have consented. The equipment used will include a still camera, a video ca...
Principal Investigator:Stern, Pamela Licensed Year(s):
2000
1999 Summary:
The primary goal of the project is to examine the process of making a living in the the contemporary North and how it is changing. Data collection will be confined to ethnographic fieldwork in Holman and to archival research. The fieldwork will consist of several short interviews with adult residents of the village of Holman (30 - 50 persons). All participants will be given a general consent form ...
Principal Investigator:Anderson, David G Licensed Year(s):20001999
1998
Summary:
The aim of this project is to develop a forest management plan which is sensitive to the priorities identified by Gwich'in Elders and contemporary Gwich'in forest users. The research will involve a mixture of community and archival research, as well as workshops with elders, contemporary forest users and researchers representing the various foci will come together to use the information to derive ...
Principal Investigator:Collings, Peter F Licensed Year(s):
1996
Summary:
Research will be conducted in Holman from January 1 through December31, 1997. Data will be collected through a series of survey and questionnaire procedures, which will include the following: 1) a household census interview, 2) health and functionality interviews, 3) an age interview 4) life history interviews, and 5) a biweekly hunting/fishing/food sharing survey. It is expected that the researc...