NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Saxon, Leslie A.
Licensed Year(s): 2019
Summary: The goals of language revitalization can be met through narrative revitalization, an approach to language study using the creative, mental, and spiritual dimensions of stories to keep us learning. By studying stories, the research team create memorable and continually growing connections to both language and place. This project will accomplish two overall goals: 1) to connect place and people soci...

Principal Investigator: Morgan, Shauna
Licensed Year(s): 2014 2013
Summary: The long-term objectives of this project are: 1) to establish the foundation for health programs that proactively address climate change and reflect the holism of Dene stories; 2) to establish the foundation for more comprehensive climate change adaptation planning by Tulít’a that will be incorporated into local policy and decision-making; 3) to build relationships of mutual support between elder...

Principal Investigator: Simmons, Deborah L
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This project is led by the Norman Wells Land Corporation (NWLC), and the methodology is participatory – that is, the project design involves community participation at every stage. NWLC President Rodger Odgaard is the Co-Investigator and will play a key role in leading all activities. These will include a field trip to Palmer Lake and a digital storytelling workshop. This research will document...

Principal Investigator: Bayha, Janet
Licensed Year(s): 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1998
Summary: The Harvest Study is a 5-year, 5-community study being conducted in the Sahtu Settlement. Each month, in each community, a local interviewer recommended by the local Renewable Resource Council collects fish and wildlife harvest information in their commu...

Principal Investigator: Preston, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Research will take place in the Town of Fort Good Hope during the summer of 1996. It will expand on research begun in 1995 and will be designed as a family history project. Semi-structured interviews will be employed as well as participation in and observations of community life....

Principal Investigator: Preston, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 1995
Summary: The researcher will utilize a participatory style of ethnographic research to expand on the research done in 1990 by the Dene Cultural Institute. Participant research observations and local opportunity to shape the direction of the research will be encouraged. Semistructured and unstructured interviews will be conducted according to strict ethical guidelines negotiated through a contract process ...

Principal Investigator: Fajber, Elizabeth
Licensed Year(s): 1995
Summary: The researcher will investigate the issues using qualitative, community-based, collaborative research methods. Research tools include semi-structured and unstructured interviews with consenting informants. Also, involvement both in formal community meetings and political assemblies, and in informal daily activities of Dene in the community will enhance the researcher's understanding of the heali...

Principal Investigator: Allen, Wayne E.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: The researcher will continue to conduct interviews with the elders and community members of Fort Good Hope in order to collect data to test assumptions about the long-term sustainability of existing Dene harvesting practices. Data will include resource distribution, land tenure and harvest patterns, genealogies and traditional knowledge. The researcher will continue to work closely with the comm...

Principal Investigator: Rochon, Timm
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will conduct informal interviews to learn about Dene concepts and attitudes of nature and the relationship they believe themselves to have with their surrounding natural environment. The questions will focus on Dene ceremonies, rituals, prechristian religion and the manner in which these issues influence and encompass a Dene concept of nature....