Regions: Sahtu Settlement Area
Tags: caribou, knowledge transfer, traditional knowledge, wildlife, ecology, resource management
| Principal Investigator: | Simmons, Deborah L (22) |
| Licence Number: | 14337 |
| Organization: | Native Studies, University of Manitoba |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2007
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| Issued: | Apr 30, 2008 |
| Project Team: | Anne Marie Jackson (Community Researcher, K'asho Got'ine First Nation), Roger Boniface (Governance, Fort Good Hope Renewable Resource Council), Florence Barnaby (Governance, K'asho Got'ine Elders Council), Micheline Manseau (Collaborator, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitob), Anne Kochon-Orlias (Community Researcher, Behdzi Ahda First Nation), Richard Kochon (Governance, Behdzi Ahda First Nation), Erin Freeland Ballantyne (Graduate Researcher, Oxford University) |
Objective(s): The goals of this study are to understand the role of traditional knowledge on ecological change and barren-ground caribou resource management, identify traditional best practices for caribou stewardship, enhance knowledge exchange amongst Renewable Resources Councils and elders, and educate young people about the traditional relationship with the caribou.
Project Description: The goals of this study are to understand the role of traditional knowledge on ecological change and barren-ground caribou resource management, identify traditional best practices for caribou stewardship, enhance knowledge exchange amongst Renewable Resources Councils and elders, and educate young people about the traditional relationship with the caribou. This research involves documenting traditional knowledge for future generations, and strengthening community participation in resource management. About 5 elder men and 5 elder women will be recruited as participants. Video interviews will be conducted with the assistance of community members and interpreters as required. Follow-up interviews, student and youth activities, and meetings to discuss and communicate results are planned. Direction from the RRC will help ensure research will benefit the community, determine a community guide to research, and develop a research plan. Results will be communicated (by permission) in Dene and English through a presentation, report, plain language booklet, DVD, on radio, and in academic publications co-authored with the community researchers. On-the-job training is provided to at least one community researcher in each community. Training will also be provided to young volunteers in video interviewing and research techniques with elders. A booklet will be produced that highlights Dene law and traditional practices. Fieldwork will be conducted from May 01 to December 31, 2008 at Fort Good Hope and Colville Lake. This licence will be extended until March 31, 2009.
