Traditional Knowledge

Keeping our Traditions Alive: Compendium of Best Practices in Promoting the Traditional Ways of Life of Arctic Indigenous Peoples
Arctic Council International
Published by The Arctic Council Secretariat. 2015, 71pp.
ISBN: 978-82-999755-3-7

Astronomy North Society 2010
Legendary Sky Exhibit
Exhibit designed by the Astronomy North Society in partnership with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, the Canadian Space Agency, and the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute, among others. 

Benson, Kristi

Gwich’in Traditional Knowledge: Amphibians. Report prepared for the Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board, 2016.  Report on file with the Gwich'in Tribal Council Department of Cultural Heritage. 10 pp.

Gwich’in Knowledge of Insects
Benson, Kristi and Crystal Ernst
Report prepared for the Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board, 2017.  Report on file with the Gwich'in Tribal Council Department of Cultural Heritage. A part of the Nin Nihłinehch’ì’ – Łi’ hàh Guk’àndehtr’inahtìi (Animals at Risk – animals we are watching closely) 2012-2017 Project.  27 pp.

Spruce Trees and Gwich'in Traditional Knowledge: Their Importance in the Northwest Territories
Andre, Alestine and Ingrid Kritsch
In: Forager.  Number 2, Fall 2015.  pp. 46-55.

For the Gwich'in of the Northwest Territories, the spruce tree has held particular significance for generations. Now through intergenerational programs the Gwich'in are revitalizing their Traditional Knowledge and helping youth from their communities interact with that knowledge.

James Jerome: Vàh Gwank’òo Oonjii K’iighe’ uk Katr’idi’ii Kaiik’ìt Kat - Fish Camps Through a Gwich’in Lens.  September 2009-December 2010 Calendar.
Kritsch, Ingrid and Erin Suliak
Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute, 2009                      

Gwich'in Traditional Knowledge Study of the Mackenzie Gas Project Area Poster
Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
Poster prepared by GSCI during the Gwich'in Traditional Knowledge of the Mackenzie Gas Project Area.  2004.

Ts'iidęįį Gwìnoo Gwinìn: Animals from long ago
Benson, Kristi (Appendix by Ingrid Kritsch)
Report produced for the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, 2014.  Report on file at the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute.

This report summarizes Gwich'in oral history and traditional knowledge about Pleistocene megafauna and other large creature, mythical and real.  This include bison (Bison priscus), mammoths, giant mythical creatures, and landscape features/place names associated with them.

Gwich'in Traditional Knowledge: Bank Swallow
Benson, Kristi
Report on file at Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute, 2015.