Regions: Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: caribou, traditional knowledge, wildlife, hunting, policy
| Principal Investigator: | Kofinas, Gary P (4) |
| Licence Number: | 14020 |
| Organization: | University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2006
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| Issued: | Jul 04, 2006 |
| Project Team: | Elisabeth Robins (field research and data analysis, University of Alaska Fairbanks) |
Project Description: The proposed project consists of two parts: interviews with elders and knowledgeable hunters about leaders of caribou and their role in directing the movements of the herd, and the completion of a questionnaire by hunters aimed at determining their evaluation of the current Dempster Highway hunting policies of the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Six to ten individuals will be interviewed on this topic in each of three Porcupine Caribou Herd-user communities – Dawson, Old Crow, and Fort McPherson. Interviews will be conducted with a hired local research associate. All those interviewed will receive an honorarium for their contributions. Interviews will be recorded and transcribed, with copies returned to respondents for their review. Interview data will be shared with and deposited at the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute. The second part of the study, involving the completion of a questionnaire by hunters, will foll... Show more
