NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: McElroy, Ann P.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1992
Summary: The research will involve 2-3 weeks of library and museum study in Iqaluit. The researcher will review books, articles and reports on the history of Baffin Island and the Arctic in order to help her teaching at SUNY Buffalo and to write a history of Baffin Island. During a one-week visit to Pangnirtung the researcher will visit families and take notes on changes since 1974 when the researcher la...

Principal Investigator: Konarek, Joseph
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher will be collecting data from the Yellowknife Territorial Archives in order to document the living conditions that were present in the N.W.T. prior to the increased presence of the Federal Government. All data collecting will be confined to library research....

Principal Investigator: Caseburg, Debbie
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The purpose of this study is to analyze the historical and contemporary factors that influence clothing and adornment used by Belcher Island shamans in the practice of their traditional beliefs. The objective is to identify temporal (time) variations and determine factors influencing changes in clothing style and decoration....

Principal Investigator: Knotsch, Cathleen
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: The research will determine the processes that were involved in changing Inuit land use patterns in the Cumberland Sound region from the 1880's to present. Ms. Knotsch will investigate the way Inuit see their history during these years and will discuss opinions concerning the past and present use of various settlements....

Principal Investigator: Fraser, J. Keith
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The Researcher will study the historical geography of the central part of the Kitikmeot Region. This will include investigations into the landscapes of the region and the changing relationship of man with the land, both the aboriginal inhabitants and the Europeans who followed. The emphasis of this study is on developments over the past four decades....

Principal Investigator: Whittles, Martin J.
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The Researcher will continue an ethnographic study of the people and history of Sachs Harbour. An investigation of the local economic systems and land use patterns will be undertaken, the hamlet political system and its interaction with other levels of government will be documented and Inuit history on Banksland will be explored. The focus will be on the locals interpretations of themselves and t...

Principal Investigator: Marcus, Alan R.
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will investige tow case studies: the 1953-55 relocation from Inukjuak, Quebec to Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord and the 1957-58 resettlement from Ennadai Lake to North Henik Lake and Eskimo Point. Using several methods, the research will integrate an understanding to the political processes involved at the time with the long-term social and economic effects of the resettlements on Inu...

Principal Investigator: MacDonald, John
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1991
Summary: The expedition journals kept by W.E. Parry during his visits to the Northern Foxe Basin in the years 1821-1823 will be organized, excerpted and annotated under approximately 100 thematic headings and sub-headings. These journals provide the earliest written records of this area. The project will emphasize Inuit ethnology but will include geography, toponymy, biology, botany and climatology....

Principal Investigator: Beattie, Owen B.
Licensed Year(s): 1991 1990
Summary: Professor Beattie and his team will continue work begun in 1989. They will continue to locate and evaluate sites on the Marble Island group associated with the James Knight expedition of 1719-21....

Principal Investigator: Fitzhugh, William
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991 1990
Summary: The Researcher and his team will elucidate the earliest European settlement of the region and study its impact on local Inuit culture and history. They will collaborate with local educational, research and cultural institutions....