Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural Landscape
We describe collaborative archaeological research on caribou hunting sites in the homeland of the Shúhtagot'ine in the central Mackenzie Mountains of Canada's Northwest Territories. Shúhtagot'ine Elders and cultural resource managers are working together to investigate important cultu...
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| description | We describe collaborative archaeological research on caribou hunting sites in the homeland of the Shúhtagot'ine in the central Mackenzie Mountains of Canada's Northwest Territories. Shúhtagot'ine Elders and cultural resource managers are working together to investigate important cultural places that are at risk of destruction from climate-driven landscape changes. We use 3 case studies to illustrate how knowledge production in the context of long-term, place-based research has led to key insights about ancestral caribou hunting sites, including perennial alpine ice patches and wood hunting structures, and how that knowledge is being mobilized to help conserve important values in the Shúhtagot'ine cultural landscape. Archaeological research promotes the sustainability of Indigenous cultural landscapes through the preservation of cultural heritage, via the recall of “landscape memories,” and by unlocking archives of ancient biological material. The process of knowledge coproduction is mutually beneficial for all participants, especially when Indigenous Elders and youth are brought together in fieldwork settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04c76544c03249aa803adfb882f2381b2023-02-28T12:10:31ZengInternational Mountain SocietyMountain Research and Development0276-47411994-71512022-11-01424R10R17https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.2022.00014Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural LandscapeGlen MacKay0Leon Andrew1Naomi Smethurst2Thomas D. Andrews3Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, PO Box 1320, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, X1A 2L9; glen_mackay@gov.nt.caTulita Dene Band, PO Box 475, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada, X0E 0V0Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, PO Box 1320, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, X1A 2L932–18 Charlton Way, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, T8H 2L6We describe collaborative archaeological research on caribou hunting sites in the homeland of the Shúhtagot'ine in the central Mackenzie Mountains of Canada's Northwest Territories. Shúhtagot'ine Elders and cultural resource managers are working together to investigate important cultural places that are at risk of destruction from climate-driven landscape changes. We use 3 case studies to illustrate how knowledge production in the context of long-term, place-based research has led to key insights about ancestral caribou hunting sites, including perennial alpine ice patches and wood hunting structures, and how that knowledge is being mobilized to help conserve important values in the Shúhtagot'ine cultural landscape. Archaeological research promotes the sustainability of Indigenous cultural landscapes through the preservation of cultural heritage, via the recall of “landscape memories,” and by unlocking archives of ancient biological material. The process of knowledge coproduction is mutually beneficial for all participants, especially when Indigenous Elders and youth are brought together in fieldwork settings.https://bioone.org/doi/10.1659/mrd.2022.00014alpine ice patchesarchaeologycaribou fencescultural landscapeknowledge coproductionnorthern mountain cariboushúhtagot'ine |
| spellingShingle | Glen MacKay Leon Andrew Naomi Smethurst Thomas D. Andrews Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural Landscape Mountain Research and Development alpine ice patches archaeology caribou fences cultural landscape knowledge coproduction northern mountain caribou shúhtagot'ine |
| title | Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural Landscape |
| title_full | Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural Landscape |
| title_fullStr | Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural Landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural Landscape |
| title_short | Weaving Together Knowledges through Collaborative Archaeological Research in the Shúhtagot’ine Cultural Landscape |
| title_sort | weaving together knowledges through collaborative archaeological research in the shuhtagot ine cultural landscape |
| topic | alpine ice patches archaeology caribou fences cultural landscape knowledge coproduction northern mountain caribou shúhtagot'ine |
| url | https://bioone.org/doi/10.1659/mrd.2022.00014 |
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