16 record(s) found with the tag "traditional beliefs" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Dene Culture, Identity and the Land: A Family History Case Study
Principal Investigator: Preston, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Research will take place in the Town of Fort Good Hope during the summer of 1996. It will expand on research begun in 1995 and will be designed as a family history project. Semi-structured interviews will be employed as well as participation in and observations of community life....


Gwich'in Environmental Knowledge Project (GEKP)
Principal Investigator: Raygorodetsky, Gleb
Licensed Year(s): 1996 1995
Summary: The project proposes to collect, organize, and present, in report form, traditional environmental knowledge in the Gwich'in Settlement Area (GSA). This information would give the Gwich'in and other resource managers a better "picture" of the region based on the perspective of the people who have lived there for generations. It also provides a basis for incorporating local environmental knowledge...


The Cultural Contributions of Canadian Aboriginal Societies
Principal Investigator: Jayachandran, John
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Research survey to study the cultural contributions that the Aboriginal people can make to our Canadian identity. Believe aboriginal people have an understanding of the sense of community which would serve to moderate the dominating influence of competition. That is, respect and dignity, consensus and cooperation in family and work situations whichs seems to characterize the Aboriginal way, woul...


Factors Influencing Change in Inuit Shamanic Dress
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....


Socio-legal study in the community of Igloolik
Principal Investigator: Rasing, Wim C.E.
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: To continue fieldwork for a socio-legal study in the community of Igloolik. The research aims at gaining a better insight into the simultaneously existence of Inuit customary law and Canadian law in the daily life of the people in a Baffin community....


Licence #5062
Principal Investigator: Randa, Vladimir
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To study the perception, knowledge and the representation of the animal world by Inuit people....


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