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476 record(s) found with the tag "traditional knowledge" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Survey of Inuvialuit heritage sites located within the Mackenzie Delta region
Principal Investigator: Lennie, Naudia
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher and guide/translator will travel the Mackenzie Delta regions of Thrasher Channel, Napoiak, Big Jim Channel and Horseshoe Bend to find the locations of camp and hunting sites, as well as cabins and legendary sites, that may be important to Inuvialuit history. Traditional place names and land use will also be recorded. Information will be obtained from elders who are living out on t...
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher and guide/translator will travel the Mackenzie Delta regions of Thrasher Channel, Napoiak, Big Jim Channel and Horseshoe Bend to find the locations of camp and hunting sites, as well as cabins and legendary sites, that may be important to Inuvialuit history. Traditional place names and land use will also be recorded. Information will be obtained from elders who are living out on t...
Shaping the needs of formal schooling to the needs of a Canadian Inuit community: A case study of Arctic Bay
Principal Investigator: Douglas, Anne
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: As a result of previous years' research, I have determined that there may be differences between the institution of formal schooling and the institutions that guide Inuit life. I am now attempting to identify the types of changes required in order to achieve greater success in combining the two sets of institutional values....
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: As a result of previous years' research, I have determined that there may be differences between the institution of formal schooling and the institutions that guide Inuit life. I am now attempting to identify the types of changes required in order to achieve greater success in combining the two sets of institutional values....
Inuit Astronomy and Cosmology
Principal Investigator: MacDonald, John
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1991
Summary: Information will continue to be gathered from Iglulingmiut on arctic celestial and atmospheric phenomena including associated terminologies, mythologies and legends. Inuit star and constellation names will be linked to the European equivalents. The Inuit lunar calendar and the role of stars in the determination of seasonal times will also be examined. The project is expected to be completed thi...
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1991
Summary: Information will continue to be gathered from Iglulingmiut on arctic celestial and atmospheric phenomena including associated terminologies, mythologies and legends. Inuit star and constellation names will be linked to the European equivalents. The Inuit lunar calendar and the role of stars in the determination of seasonal times will also be examined. The project is expected to be completed thi...
The Development of Dene Self-Government in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Smith, Shirleen
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: I am addressing issues of how Dene traditions of governance are reflected in models currently being developed, and how these might be accomodated within the democratic institutions of Canadian government. I will focus on an area of research that is both interesting and timely: Aboriginal views on the meaning of their treaties with the Crown in Canada....
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: I am addressing issues of how Dene traditions of governance are reflected in models currently being developed, and how these might be accomodated within the democratic institutions of Canadian government. I will focus on an area of research that is both interesting and timely: Aboriginal views on the meaning of their treaties with the Crown in Canada....
The Museum Message: Its Construction and Presentation.
Principal Investigator: Park, Linda K.
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: Public museums with anthropological mandates are increasingly being accused of racism, sexism, cultural elitism, and failing to represent wider community interests. Groups such as First Nation peoples are expressing their displeasure with the way in which museums are managing their cultural heritage, and they are calling for a new relationship between themselves and museums. This research will t...
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: Public museums with anthropological mandates are increasingly being accused of racism, sexism, cultural elitism, and failing to represent wider community interests. Groups such as First Nation peoples are expressing their displeasure with the way in which museums are managing their cultural heritage, and they are calling for a new relationship between themselves and museums. This research will t...
Traditional Dene Medicine in Use in the Dogrib Area
Principal Investigator: Ryan, Joan
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: No baseline information has been systematically collected for the Dene about traditional use of plants and animal parts used for healing. There are still several Dogrib elders who hold and use this information and the Dene are eager to have this knowledge documented so so that they can teach it to young people....
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: No baseline information has been systematically collected for the Dene about traditional use of plants and animal parts used for healing. There are still several Dogrib elders who hold and use this information and the Dene are eager to have this knowledge documented so so that they can teach it to young people....
Northern Survival
Principal Investigator: Ahmad, Joe
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: This project is looking to see if traditional knowledge can be documented and distributed using the emerging technology of computer-based advice....
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: This project is looking to see if traditional knowledge can be documented and distributed using the emerging technology of computer-based advice....
The Geographical Knowledge of the Inuit of the Copper Eskimo Area
Principal Investigator: Collingnon, Beatrice
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: To continue to study Inuit geography, their geographical thoughts about the land, their perception of space and the way they organize their knowledge of the land into a general explanation of the world around them; to record Inuit categories of perceiving them and their territories....
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: To continue to study Inuit geography, their geographical thoughts about the land, their perception of space and the way they organize their knowledge of the land into a general explanation of the world around them; to record Inuit categories of perceiving them and their territories....
Ethnozoology of the Iglulingmiut
Principal Investigator: Randa, Vladimir
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1990 1988
Summary: The researcher will collect new data about the small land and water vertebrates and invertebrates, and collect more information in regards to the relationship between oral tradition and zoological terminology. Another topic will be the use of fire-arms in hunting, for example, strategies of acquisition and use of different types of hunting weapons in relation to different kinds of game....
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1990 1988
Summary: The researcher will collect new data about the small land and water vertebrates and invertebrates, and collect more information in regards to the relationship between oral tradition and zoological terminology. Another topic will be the use of fire-arms in hunting, for example, strategies of acquisition and use of different types of hunting weapons in relation to different kinds of game....
Inuit Clothing: A Study in the Transformation of Culture
Principal Investigator: Driscoll, Bernadette T.
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991 1990
Summary: The researcher will examine indigenous clothing design and clothing change in the Kitikmeot region. She will record the historical change from fur to fabric clothing, as well as investigate the continuing importance of fur clothing to hunters and detail the social and economic significance of maintaining sewing skills within Inuit families. It will be the first anthropological study to examine c...
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991 1990
Summary: The researcher will examine indigenous clothing design and clothing change in the Kitikmeot region. She will record the historical change from fur to fabric clothing, as well as investigate the continuing importance of fur clothing to hunters and detail the social and economic significance of maintaining sewing skills within Inuit families. It will be the first anthropological study to examine c...
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