Our Publications

The Tłı̨chǫ Research & Training Institute of the  Department of Culture and Lands Protection of the Tłı̨chǫ Government is pleased to announce our publishing program. Tłı̨chǫ Traditional Knowledge Reports will be printed in limited quantities and distributed to offices and schools within our region, as well as to interested organizations. These publications will also be made available on-line and will be downloadable  at this site.

This Reports series is an important initiative of the Tłı̨chǫ Research & Training Institute to bring together and make easily accessible valuable studies based on Tłı̨chǫ traditional knowledge, and land use.

 

 

Current Publications and Reprints

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Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoèhdee K’è: 2022 Results

Release date: October, 2023
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)
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Tłı̨chǫ Cultural Commons Research Series vol. 1: Night at the Museum Research Expo

Release date: October, 2023
Publication type: General Interest
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Sǫǫ ̀mbakwè K’egoɂǫ ̀ (Where there’s mineral wealth)

Release date: October, 2023
Publication type: General Interest
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Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) 2021 Results

Release date: July, 2022
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)
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Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) 2021 Results (792)

Release date: July, 2022
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)
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Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) 2020 Results

Release date: June, 2021
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)

This report presents the 2020 results for the Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoeh̀dee K’è (Boots on the Ground) Caribou Monitoring Program.

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Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) 2019 Results

Release date: June, 2020
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)

This report presents the 2019 results for the newly-named Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) Caribou Monitoring Program.

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Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) 2018 Results

Release date: September, 2019
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)

This report presents the 2018 results for the newly-named Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) Caribou Monitoring Program.

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Boots on the Ground Caribou Monitoring Program 2017 Results

Release date: August, 2018
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)

 Boots on the Ground (BOTG) is a caribou monitoring program based upon the Traditional Knowledge (TK) of  Tłı̨chǫ and Inuit indigenous elders and harvesters. The program is a collaboration between the Tłı̨chǫ Government, Government of Northwest Territories-Environment and Natural Resources (GNWT-ENR), the Wek’èezhìi Renewable Resource Board (WRRB) and Dominion Diamond Mines ULC (DD). Funding was provided by Tłı̨chǫ Government, DD and the GNWT-Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program1 (CIMP).

 The program commenced in the summer of 2016 and is expected to extend to 2021 or longer. The objectives are to monitor the conditions of Bathurst caribou on the post-calving range herd, focusing on four key indicators: (1) habitat; (2) caribou; (3) predators, and (4) industrial development. 

This document is a yearly report presenting the results from the second field season of summer 2017.

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Boots-on-the-Ground Caribou Monitoring 2016 Results

Release date: August, 2017
Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)

This report presents the results from 2016, the pilot year of Boots-on-the-Ground caribou monitoring program. Boots-on-the-ground is a caribou monitoring program based on the traditional knowledge (TK) of indigenous elders and harvesters.  The objectives for the pilot year included setting up a long term traditional knowledge monitoring program for the Bathurst caribou and monitor the conditions of Bathurst herd’s summer range by focusing on indicators: (1) caribou habitat and environment, (2) caribou, (3) predators, and (4) industrial disturbance.

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