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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...

Principal Investigator: Nagy, Murielle
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: We will record interviews with Inuvialuit elders from February 19 to 25 in Inuvik; February 26 to March 7 in Sachs Harbour; March 11 - 21 in Holman. The interviews will then be translated into English and transcribed into Inuvialuktun. Interviews will resume in Tuktoyaktuk from June 10-16; in Sachs Harbour June 17-July 8; and in Inuvik from July 9-13. While in Sachs Harbour, Inuvialuit elders w...

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...

Principal Investigator: Rodriguez, Marisol
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will be interviewing Inuvialuit participants in the Inuvik music festival in order to examine how music reflects changes in culture. This research is part of a larger effort which examines musical culture of Inuit in Canada....