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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"We Watch Everything" a Methodology for Boots-on-the-Ground Caribou Monitoring

Release date: August, 2017

Publication type: Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)

This report provides the context and background of We Watch Everything: a Methodology for the Boots on the Ground caribou monitoring program. The document describes the TK framework of We Watch Everything a holistic monitoring approach combining the biological and the cultural; the field-based methodology named Do as Hunters Do based on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach; and, the details involved in recording knowledge in the field, including details of the participatory approach. The objectives of the pilot year for the Boots on the Ground program 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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Edı̨ı̨̀ Gots’ǫ Gogǫ̀hłı̨: Where We Were Born - Tłı̨chǫ Birthplace Mapping Project

Release date: March, 2017

Publication type: General Interest

This report explores the importance of birthplaces through an ethno-historical mapping project. For this project, four elders shared their stories about birthplaces and childbirth practices, in addition to mapping a number of birthplaces on Tłıc̨hǫ lands. These places and the elder’s stories illuminate the importance of learning about birthplaces and listening to their words so that younger generations may carry on the Tłıc̨hǫ way of life.

February, 2017 Researcher: Georgina Chocolate Report Authors and Principle Investigators: Rachel Olson and Janelle Kuntz GIS and Report Design: The Firelight Group This project was funded by The Firelight Group’s Social Return initiative.

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K’àgòò tıl̨ ıı ̀Deè - Traditional Knowledge Study for the Proposed All-Season Road to Whatì

Release date: August, 2015

Publication type: General Interest

This traditional knowledge study is part of the Tłı̨chǫ Government’s strategy to gather information about the potential benefits and concerns that might arise from a proposed all-season road from Highway 3 to the Tłı̨chǫ community of Whatì. The purpose of the study is to inform decision-makers and developers about the areas of importance for the practice of cultural activities on the land surrounding the proposed road route, and to identify what impacts the proposed road will have on harvesters, and on the land and animals.

October, 2014

Researcher: Georgina Chocolate GIS coordinator: Sjoerd van der Vielen Principal Investigator: Petter Jacobsen

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The Trees All Changed to Wood: Remembering Rayrock Uranium Mine

Release date: December, 2015

Publication type: Tłı̨chǫ Traditional Knowledge Reports: Series 2

The overall objective of the Rayrock project is to show that people who actively harvest renewable resources in an area are the best people to monitor changes to the environment in that area. They know the land and its interrelated parts. They understand the behaviour and physical makeup of the wildlife that inhabit the area. Report prepared by Dogrib Renewable Resources Committee, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council for the Arctic Environmental Strategy, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

March 1997

Research team: Allice Legat, Principle Investigator Joan Ryan, Assistant Analyst Sally Ann Zoe, Researcher Marie Adele Rabesca, Researcher Madeleine Chocolate, Translator December 2015: re‐published by Tłı̨chǫ Knowledge Research and Monitoring Program, with spelling updates for Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) terms

ISBN: 978‐1‐896790‐52‐7

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Ekwò zò gha dzô nats’êdè - “We Live Here For Caribou”

Release date: February, 2016

Publication type: Tłı̨chǫ Traditional Knowledge Reports: Series 2

Cumulative Impacts Study on the Bathurst Caribou

This study is based on the traditional knowledge (TK) of the people in Wekweètì, Northwest Territories. It investigates the connection between Tłı̨chǫ and the Bathurst caribou from three perspectives: 1) the importance of caribou in the hunting economy, and thus as a foundation for maintaining the Tłıc̨hǫ culture, language and way of life; 2) cumulative impacts on the herd and 3) the connection between ecosystem and culture, and the co-dependent erosion of biological and cultural diversity. Lastly, the report outlines several steps to resolve these issues.

The study was based on the traditional knowledge of the following Tłı̨chǫ elders and harvesters: Jimmy Kodzin Noella Kodzin Bobby Pea Joseph Dryneck William Quitte Virginia Lamouelle Bruce Football Roy Judas Johnny Smallgeese Joseph Judas Cathy Dryneck Johnny Boline Julia Bolin Mary Adele Football Robert Mackenzie Philip Dryneck

Researchers: Georgina Chocolate and Rita Wetrade

GIS Technician: Michael Birlea

Principal Investigator and Author: Petter Jacobsen

ISBN Number: 978-1-896790-53-4

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Habitat of Dogrib Traditional Territory: Place Names as Indicators of Biogeographical Knowledge

Release date: January, 2015

Publication type: Tłı̨chǫ Traditional Knowledge Reports: Series 2

The West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society was set up in 1995 to collect environmental and socioeconomic information from the perspective of both science and Aboriginal traditional knowledge. The overall purpose was to gather information to better inform planning decisions and to contribute baseline data to assess and mitigate cumulative effects of development.

Submitted by Whàehdǫǫ̀ Nàowo Kǫ̀ Dogrib Treaty 11 Council

To the West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society - March 2001

Report authors:

Allice Legat, Principle Investigator and Research Director Georgina Chocolate, Community Researcher Madelaine Chocolate, Language Specialist Sally Anne Zoe, GIS Administrator

October 2014: re-published by the Tłı̨chǫ Research and Training

Institute, with spelling updates for Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) terms.

ISBN: 1-896790-50-3

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Caribou Migration and the State of their Habitat: Tłı̨chǫ Knowledge and Perspectives on ɂekwǫ̀ (Barrenland Caribou)

Release date: January, 2015

Publication type: Tłı̨chǫ Traditional Knowledge Reports: Series 2

The decision to conduct this research came from the elders and the leadership through the Dogrib Renewable Resources Committee. They wanted to ensure that Tłı̨chǫ knowledge of ɂekwǫ̀ and their habitat was documented; to provide baseline information, to contribute to monitoring and management initiatives related to caribou and their habitat.

By Whàehdǫǫ̀ Nowo Kǫ̀, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council

Submitted to the West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society, March 2001

Authors:

Allice Legat, Principal Investigator and Research Director Georgina Chocolate, Caribou Researcher Bobby Gon, Caribou Researcher Sally Anne Zoe, GIS Administrator Madelaine Chocolate, Language Coordinator

October 2014: re-published by the Tłı̨chǫ Research and Training

Institute, with spelling updates for Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) terms.

ISBN: 978-1-896790-51-0

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Traditional Dene Justice

Release date: June, 2016

Publication type: Under Development

ISBN: 978-1-896790-43-5 pp.254
Research Team (2001): Mary Adele Rabesca, Diane Romie, Lawrence Nitsiza, Aggie Brockman, Principal Investigator: Joan Ryan