Elders – Northwest Territories
Elder Councils and Gathering Places
- Elders Council
- The Elders Council is established to advise the Dene Leadership and Dene people on all issues concerning Denendeh.
- Source: Dene Nation
- Northwest Territories Seniors' Societies
- This link contains information on seniors' and elders' societies from across the NWT.
Source: Government of Northwest Territories; Health and Social Services
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Health and Social Services
- Best Practices for Stopping the Abuse of Older Adults in the NWT (PDF)
- This report discusses the issue of abuse of older adults in the NWT and provides solutions for resolving this problem.
- Source: Government of Northwest Territories; Northwest Territories Federal Council
- Seniors' Literacy in Northwest Territories (PDF)
- The purpose of this research was to better understand the literacy needs and preferences of NWT seniors, and make recommendations for better and more relevant literacy services and support.
- Source: Northwest Territories Literacy Council
- Seniors Services
- This page offers various links that provide information specific to seniors in the Northwest Territories.
- Source: Government of Northwest Territories; Health and Social Services
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Notable Elders
- Banksland, Alec Aliknak (Artist)
- Excerpt from a video interview with Aliknak, whose drawings are meticulously detailed interpretations of traditional life and whose felt tip pen drawings are fully coloured in a painterly fashion.
Source: Government of Canada; Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)- Carmichael, Fred
- This page features Fred Carmichael, the first Aboriginal pilot in the NWT and 2007 winner of a National Aboriginal Achievement Awards in the Politics category.
- Source: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF)
- Day, Billy
- Features a short biography of Billy Day, 2006 recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the Environment category.
- Source: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF)
- Egotak, Harry (Artist)
- Excerpt form a video interview with Harry Egotak, who was one of the original group of five who made prints in the early 1960s. Egotak continued with the Co-op as the most productive printmaker until his retirement in 1987.
- Source: Government of Canada; Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
- Goose, Agnes Nanogak (1925–2001) (Artist)
- Excerpt form a video interview with Agnes Nanogak Goose, who was a strong artistic presence at Holman and her work was a mainstay in the print collection. Since 1967, when her first prints were published, a total of 159 of her drawings have been translated into prints.
- Source: Government of Canada; Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
- Kagyut, William (Artist)
- Excerpt form a video interview with William Kagyut, who made made prints and drawings in the early 1960s. Kagyut employed his carving skills to produce stonecuts for the Co-op from 1964 to 1968.
- Source: Government of Canada; Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
- Klengenberg, Elsie (Artist)
- Excerpt form a video interview with Elsie Klengenberg, who was one of the first artists to learn and develop the stencilling technique that is used to great effect in Holman today.
- Source: Government of Canada; Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
- Life Histories of Elders
- This page documents the life of 24 Elders from the four Gwich’in communities who have been featured in two Gwich'in Elders Calendars.
- Source: Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
- Nigiyok, Mabel (Artist)
- Excerpt form a video interview with Mabel Nigiyok, who began learning stencil printmaking in the Holman print shop in 1981. Since, she became one of its most productive artists and printmakers.
- Source: Government of Canada; Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
- Papidluk, Flossie (Artist)
- Excerpt form a video interview with Flossie Papidluk, who made her first drawings when Barry Coomber visited the community as an art advisor in 1964. Between 1966 and 1984, eleven of her works have been translated into prints for the annual collections.
- Source: Government of Canada; Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
- Simon, Sarah
- Web page dedicated to Sarah Simon, a social innovator and a skilled linguist, whose dedication to the preservation of her culture has helped to keep the Loucheux language alive.
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Traditional Knowledge
- Gwich'in Language Dictionary
- The Gwich’in Social & Cultural Institute has published to date four editions of the Gwich’in Language Dictionary. This page provides samples from the dictionaries with audio clips.
- Source: Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
- Inuit Elders Speak About Caribou and Climate – Recording the Wisdom
- Series of thoughts and reflections from Inuit elders on caribou and climate.
- Source: Northern News Services
- Oral Traditions
- This page discusses the importance of oral traditions and storytelling in a language, Inuvialuktun, which until recent times had no written form.
- Source: Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- Traditional and Scientific Knowledge
- The requirement that scientific and traditional knowledge studies cooperate and compare information provides a deeper and more holistic understanding of certain research questions.
- Source: Government of Northwest Territories; Environment and Natural Resources
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