Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: social sciences, traditional knowledge, elders, oral history, Gwich'in, family history
| Principal Investigator: | McCartney, Leslie (3) |
| Licence Number: | 13095 |
| Organization: | Trent University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2002
2001
2000
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| Issued: | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Project Team: | Gwich'in Social Cultural Institute Gwich'in Elders |
Objective(s): The Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute (GSCI) has recognized the fact that there is a lack of written information on Gwich'in Elders who live in the Gwich'in Settlement Area. The first objective then is to produce biological sketches of consenting E
Project Description: The Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute (GSCI) has recognized the fact that there is a lack of written information on Gwich'in Elders who live in the Gwich'in Settlement Area. The first objective then is to produce biological sketches of consenting Elders from the four communities: Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic. Home base will be set up in Tsiigehtchic and Elders from this community and Fort McPherson will be interviewed. Once these interviews are completed the researcher will move to Inuvik to interview Elders from this community and link up with Elders from Aklavik. Interviews will be approximately 8 hours in length spread out over several days. Interviews will be conducted in either Gwich'in or English and they will be audio and/or video taped. An interpreter will be hired locally and 2 students may be hired by the GSCI as field assistants. Three copies of audio tapes will be made and archived as follows: 1 in archives in Yellowknife, 1 for the Language Centre in Fort McPherson and 1 for the GSCI offices.
