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THE NAONAIYAOTIT TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE PROJECT (NTKP). An Evolving Traditional Knowledge Database via Dynamic Partnerships with Industry Presented to the 2012 Nunavut Mining Symposium. NTKP. GIS Regional database of knowledge of Kitikmeot Inuit Slave Geological Province.
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THE NAONAIYAOTIT TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE PROJECT (NTKP) An Evolving Traditional Knowledge Database via Dynamic Partnerships with Industry Presented to the 2012 Nunavut Mining Symposium
NTKP • GIS Regional database of knowledge of Kitikmeot Inuit • Slave Geological Province • Land and Environment planning tool • Inuit designed, conducted & implemented
NTKP THEMES • Heritage, Culture & Land Use • Habitat (Cliffs, Eskers, Wetlands) • Water Quality (Important lakes and rivers) • Fish • Seals & Marine Mammals • Birds • Hares, Ground Squirrels & Small Mammals • Grizzly Bears • Moose • Caribou • Muskox • Red & Arctic Foxes • Wolves • Wolverine
NTKP THEMES • Heritage, Culture & Land Use • Habitat (Cliffs, Eskers, Wetlands) • Water Quality (Important lakes and rivers) • Fish • Seals & Marine Mammals • Birds • Hares, Ground Squirrels & Small Mammals • Grizzly Bears • Moose • Caribou • Muskox • Red & Arctic Foxes • Wolves • Wolverine
Walking in the Path of the CaribouKnowledge of the Copper InuitPlacenames Atlas Naonaiyaotit Traditional Knowledge Project Vivian Banci, Chris C. Hanks and Rosemary M. Spicker, Editors Gerry Atatahak, Data Collection Coordinator and Translator Kitikmeot Inuit Association Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Present & Future for NTKP • Integrating other Traditional Knowledge into the NTKP • Tuktu Nogait Project • Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Project • Partnerships for Development Review and Monitoring • Publication of the NTKP for the Inuit and Public use
Tuktu Nogait Project (TNP) • Integrated into NTKP 2011
Industry Partnerships • TK Integration into EIS • Hope Bay Project • Back River Project • Others: TBA • Publication of the NTKP • Ekati Diamond Mine
Summary • The NTKP is the major source of Inuit Traditional Knowledge in the Slave Geological Province. • The NTKP provides baseline data that augments science, and in some cases, is the only information available. • Partnerships with industry and government will add value to resource development and to promoting Inuit culture. • KIA will continue building the NTKP, focused on the entire Kitikmeot Region.