115 record(s) found with the tag "anthropology" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Process of musical transculturation among Inuvialuit of the Mackenzie Delta
Principal Investigator: Rodriguez, Marisol
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will visit the Mad Trapper Jamboree at Aklavik, the Beluga Jamboree at Tuktoyaktuk, and the White Fox Jamboree at Sachs Harbour in order to conduct interviews with musicians and other jamboree participants. This information will be added to the information gathered last summer at the Inuvik Music Festival. This research examines the social significance of music in the Inuvialuit....


History of the outpost camps of Frobisher Bay
Principal Investigator: Searles, Ned
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher will collect information about the history of outpost camps in the Frobisher Bay area. Individuals who currently use these outpost camps will be interviewed in order to document and compare their experiences living in the camps with living in Iqaluit. Benefits of `outpost camp' life will be evaluated. Information collected will be used for a doctoral (Ph.D.) thesis in socio-cultur...


Campbell Lake Park oral history project
Principal Investigator: Kritsch, Ingrid D.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will conduct this study under the direction of the Gwich'in Tribal Council. The Council is interested in taking a role in gathering interpretive information for the development of the Campbell Lake Park. The purpose of this project is to provide the Gwich'in perspective of life in the Campbell Lake Park area. Information on place names, trails, camp sites, resources and stories w...


Dene subsistence practices in the Canadian Subarctic: long-term sustainability or short-term exploitation?
Principal Investigator: Allen, Wayne E.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: The researcher will conduct formal and informal 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 harvest practices. Data will include resource distribution, land tenure and harvesting patterns, genealogies and traditional knowledge. The researcher has worked in consultation with the ...


Archaeology at the 1577-1578 Martin Frobisher base camp on Kodlunarn Island
Principal Investigator: Auger, Reginald
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher will conduct archaeological research on Kodlunarn Island in order to better understand the Frobisher voyages. Excavation at the Frobisher base camp will provide information on the nature of these voyages as well as their influence on Inuit of the region....


Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula interior archaeology project
Principal Investigator: Swayze, Ken
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher will conduct a series of short visits to areas with specific characteristics to determine if these areas have sites containing artifacts dating back thousands of years. If an older site is located, the researcher will document information about the site in order that further investigations at a later date can be conducted. Licence issued for use of Inuvik Research Centre....


Lower Mackenzie Valley archaeological survey and Arctic Red River archaeological excavation
Principal Investigator: Nolin, Luc
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researchers will conduct archaeological surveys and excavations at seven locations along the Mackenzie River: six sites will be surveyed and the seventh site, located at the confluence of the Arctic and Mackenzie Rivers, will be excavated. Licence issued for use of Inuvik Research Centre....


Southwest Anderson Plain Archaeology
Principal Investigator: Pilon, Jean-Luc
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher plans on conducting archaeological research at sites in the vicinity of Lure and Travaillant Lakes. Reconnaissance surveys will be conducted in the Campbell Hills area. Licence issued for use of Inuvik Research Centre....


Amadjuak Lake archaeological project
Principal Investigator: Stenton, Douglas R.
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1991
Summary: In this third season of the project, the researchers will collect information on summer and autumn land use on southern Baffin Island during the late prehistoric period. Information collected will include data on travel routes that people followed to interior hunting and fishing grounds, characteristics of the campsites and information on family/party size....


Transition era history of Apex-Iqaluit, NWT: 1942 to 1963
Principal Investigator: Longworth, Bob
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: During the period between 1942 and 1963, Inuit in the southern portion of Baffin Island when through a major transition from living off the land in the traditional way to living in permanent settlements. The researchers will collect information about this period of development in the history of Apex and Iqaluit by gathering information from printed materials as well as interviews with long-term r...


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