4 record(s) found in the location "Inuvialuit Settlement Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Indigenous Clothing Ensembles: Indigenous Knowledge and Performance Evaluations to Enhance Northern Safe Practices
Principal Investigator: Barker, Anne
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4916. The overall objective of this project is to investigate how Indigenous clothing components could be a part of harsh weather personal protective equipment (PPE), leading to increased personal safety and security in Arctic environments. There are four main tasks for the research project, described briefly here. Fo...


Crafting Culture: Women's Work in the Canadian Arctic
Principal Investigator: Driscoll Engelstad, Bernadette
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Data is collected through interviews. Topics include sewing activitiy; clothing production for family use and/or sale; history of clothing change; fur preparation and household hunting activity; graphic art production; craft production; household income and disbursement; domestic responsibilities; community employment statistics and opportunities; current interest in sewing, clothing production b...


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...


Factors Influencing Skin Boot Production in Spence Bay, Pelly Bay, Paulatuk and Aklavik
Principal Investigator: Oakes, Jill
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1989
Summary: Inuvialuit and Netsilik Inuit will be interviewed in their homes, sewing igloos and sewing clubs. The research assistants will participate in all skin preparation and clothing production phases of boot production. Photographs, sketches, and notes will be used to record techniques and variations in socio-cultural-physical environments....


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