South Yukon First Nations governments are partners in the Yukon Ice Patch Project investigating the mountaintop snow and ice patches where ancient hunting artifacts are being recovered. Heritage programs operated by these governments, which coordinate their citizens’ engagement in these activities, emphasize intangible cultural heritage. They view the project as an opportunity to strengthen culture, enhance citizens’ understanding of their history, and express First Nations values regarding cultural resources. As the primary mammal subsistence species for south Yukon Indian people is now moose, the ice patch discoveries highlight the historical role of caribou in their culture and increase awareness of the environmental history of their hom...
F OR some years students of human history have hoped and expected to find a record of human occupati...
ABSTRACT. Since the discovery of dung-rich alpine ice patches in southwest Yukon in 1997, continuing...
... The Gwich'in are the most northerly of the Athapaskan peoples occupying parts of the Yukon River...
Since the original 1997 discovery of ancient hunting implements in melting alpine ice patches of sou...
In 1997, the first author noted a large concentration of caribou (Rangifer sp.) fecal pellets and a ...
Since 1997, more than 207 archaeological objects and 1700 faunal remains have been recovered from 43...
The North is changing at an unprecedented rate as industrial development and the climate crisis disr...
International audienceThe NWT Ice Patch Study was developed in partnership with the Shúhtagot’ine re...
This paper was originally written for Dr. Ross Jamieson’s ARCH 363 course Landscape Archaeology. The...
In the past decade, ice patch archaeological research has been initiated in several areas of Alaska,...
Northern Athabaskans with extensive knowledge of their traditional history and culture are increasin...
An archaeological land use model for subalpine and alpine environments for southeast Yukon was devel...
The lnuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) is a comprehensive land claim that was finalized in 1984 by th...
Carcross woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) numbers are increasing as a result of an inten...
Caribou (tuktuit) are embedded in northern life, and have been part of Inuit culture and seasonal ro...
F OR some years students of human history have hoped and expected to find a record of human occupati...
ABSTRACT. Since the discovery of dung-rich alpine ice patches in southwest Yukon in 1997, continuing...
... The Gwich'in are the most northerly of the Athapaskan peoples occupying parts of the Yukon River...
Since the original 1997 discovery of ancient hunting implements in melting alpine ice patches of sou...
In 1997, the first author noted a large concentration of caribou (Rangifer sp.) fecal pellets and a ...
Since 1997, more than 207 archaeological objects and 1700 faunal remains have been recovered from 43...
The North is changing at an unprecedented rate as industrial development and the climate crisis disr...
International audienceThe NWT Ice Patch Study was developed in partnership with the Shúhtagot’ine re...
This paper was originally written for Dr. Ross Jamieson’s ARCH 363 course Landscape Archaeology. The...
In the past decade, ice patch archaeological research has been initiated in several areas of Alaska,...
Northern Athabaskans with extensive knowledge of their traditional history and culture are increasin...
An archaeological land use model for subalpine and alpine environments for southeast Yukon was devel...
The lnuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) is a comprehensive land claim that was finalized in 1984 by th...
Carcross woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) numbers are increasing as a result of an inten...
Caribou (tuktuit) are embedded in northern life, and have been part of Inuit culture and seasonal ro...
F OR some years students of human history have hoped and expected to find a record of human occupati...
ABSTRACT. Since the discovery of dung-rich alpine ice patches in southwest Yukon in 1997, continuing...
... The Gwich'in are the most northerly of the Athapaskan peoples occupying parts of the Yukon River...