Caribou Migration and the State of their Habitat, Final Report (Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, March 2001)
A comprehensive final report documenting Tichọ (Dogrib) traditional knowledge of barrenlands and woodland caribou migration patterns, habitat use, and harvesting practices across the Northwest Territories. The report synthesizes four years of participatory action research incorporating oral narratives from elders over 75 years old, field observations, and harvesting records spanning 1917–1998, emphasizing the cultural, spiritual, and subsistence importance of caribou to Dogrib communities and concerns about mining development impacts on caribou migration.
- Date
- 2001
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Whaèhdọò Nàowo Kỳ, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, West Kıtıkmeot Slave Study Society, Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Allice Legat, Georgina Chocolate, Bobby Gon, Sally Anne Zoe, Madeline Chocolate, Joseph Whane
- Locations
- Yellowknife, NT, Wekweètì (Snare Lake), Behtsokò (Rae-Edzo), Gametì (Rae Lakes), Whatì (Wha Tı), Tìdeè (Great Slave Lake), Sahti (Great Bear Lake), Kỳk'èetì (Contwoyto Lake), Ts'eèhgootì (Alymer Lake), ?edaàtsotì (Artillery Lake), Dehtsotì (Mackenzie River), Back River, Deèzàatì (Point Lake), ?ek'atì (Lac de Gras), Gots'ękàtì (Mesa Lake), ?Įhdaatì (Stagg River), Mòwhi Go Ga DènĮhtłèè, Northwest Territories, North Slave Dene territory, South Slave Dene territory, Chipewyan Dene territory, Inuit territory
- Parameters
- caribou migration patterns, caribou habitat, barrenlands caribou, woodland caribou, vegetation foraging, water crossings, harvesting practices, caribou population decline, mining impacts on caribou, snow depth and ice cover, caribou leaders, human behaviour and respect, industrial development, caribou trails, seasonal distribution, caribou breeding grounds, pollution susceptibility, taiga/boreal forest ecosystem
- Pages
- 249
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