2012
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4183
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Alpine Ice Patches and Shúhtagot’ine Land Use in the Mackenzie and Selwyn Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada

Abstract: The NWT Ice Patch Study was developed in partnership with the Shúhtagot'ine residents of Tulita, Northwest Territories, Canada. This paper explores how Shúhtagot'ine traditional knowledge, collected through the direct participation of Elders in our archaeological fieldwork, science camps with Elders and youth, Elder interviews, and traditional land-use mapping, is informing our interpretation of archaeological data collected at alpine ice patches in the Selwyn Mountains. While knowledge of bow-and-arrow and sn… Show more

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“…Until the establishment of local government administrations and day schools during the post-WWII period, Dene and Métis peoples led a nomadic existence in a seasonal harvesting cycle (Abel 2005). Despite the shift to a more sedentary way of life in the communities, Sahtú Dene and Métis maintain strong cultural and social-ecological relationships with the land and wildlife (Andrews et al 2012a,b, McMillan and Parlee 2013, Harnum et al 2014). …”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Until the establishment of local government administrations and day schools during the post-WWII period, Dene and Métis peoples led a nomadic existence in a seasonal harvesting cycle (Abel 2005). Despite the shift to a more sedentary way of life in the communities, Sahtú Dene and Métis maintain strong cultural and social-ecological relationships with the land and wildlife (Andrews et al 2012a,b, McMillan and Parlee 2013, Harnum et al 2014). …”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, Kusugak (2002) notes that for Inuit, permanent snow patches are a favorite source of water for tea, and VanderHoek et al (2007) and Andrews et al (2012b) suggest that small game (e.g., ground squirrels) can be harvested near these features. It is the loss of tools and discard of other items in their context of use that make the ice patch phenomenon so remarkable.…”
Section: Ice Patch Identification and Surveymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In late summer, the Shúhtagot'ine would begin to walk back into the mountains following well-defined trails, ready to spend the winter again. Shúhtagot'ine oral tradition talks of hunting on ice patches primarily in summer, when caribou began to seek these higher elevations to escape the warming days (see Andrews et al, 2012).…”
Section: Overview Of the Ecology And Culture History Of The Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this article, we report on the results of our efforts to find and characterize ice patch archaeological sites in the Selwyn and Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories and discuss the importance of these results for understanding precontact adaptations to the high alpine environment of this region. Figure 1 shows the study area for the project, which consists of the alpine regions of the Tulita District of the Sahtu Settlement Area and falls within the traditional land-use area of the Shúhtagot'ine or Mountain Dene (see Andrews et al, 2012, for a description of the Shúhtagot'ine).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%