The Habitat of Dogrib Traditional Territory: Place Names as Indicators of Bio-Geographical Knowledge, Final Report (Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, March 2001)
A final research report on Dogrib traditional place names as indicators of bio-geographical knowledge within the Dogrib traditional territory. The report documents 3,548 sites and 310 placenames that reveal information about habitat, vegetation, wildlife, topography, and water flow essential for hunting, harvesting, and survival in both barrenland and boreal forest environments.
- Date
- 2001-03-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Whaèhdọò Nàowo Kỳ, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society, Allice Legat, Georgina Chocolate, Madeline Chocolate, Pauline Welliah, Sally Anne Zoe, Department of Renewable Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Dene Cultural Institute, Arctic Institute of North America, Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development
- Locations
- Dogrib traditional territory, Mowhı Gagha DènĮhtł'èè, Behtsokỳ (Rae), Wekweètì (Snare Lake), Gametì (Rae Lakes), Whatì (Wha Tı), Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Contwoyto Lake, Alymer Lake, Artillery Lake, Coppermine River, Mackenzie River, Back River, Deèzàatì (Point Lake), ?ek'atì (Lac de Gras), ?ek'atìretsįįlių, ?ek'atìdehtì, Nądzıka, Stagg Lake, Whagweètì, Tam'ık'awodeè, Mackenzie Highway, Canadian Shield, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, North Slave Geological Area
- Parameters
- habitat classification, bio-geographical knowledge, place names, topography, water flow, vegetation, flora and fauna, caribou distribution, wildlife management, cumulative effects, environmental monitoring, barrenlands (hozìì), boreal forest (detsįta), ecosystem, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, environmental change, plant communities, habitat types
- Pages
- 151
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