"Nakhwanh Gwich’in Khehłok Iidilii - We Are Our Own People”: Teetł’it Gwich’in Practices of Indigeneity : Connection to Land, Traditional Self-Governance, and Elements of Self Determination

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dc.contributor.authorAlexie, Elaine Donna
dc.contributor.supervisorStark, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-21T20:22:21Z
dc.date.available2015-08-21T20:22:21Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-08-21
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the practices of Indigeneity, acts of Indigenous social and cultural traditions stemming from Teetł’it Gwich’in land-based culture in the Northwest Territories. By emphasizing Teetł’it Gwich’in philosophy, this project illustrates how Teetł’it Gwich’in practices of Indigeneity are rooted in their social, physical, and cultural relationship with the land, which are central to Gwich’in self-determination. This thesis demonstrates traditional Teetł’it Gwich’in self-governance practices are driven by cultural and social norms rooted in traditional knowledge, as well as contemporary Gwich’in-Canada relations. Utilizing knowledge collected from Teetł’it Gwich’in elders, these first-hand accounts show the connection between Canada and the Teetł’it Gwich’in through state policies that impede Teetł’it Gwich’in self-determination. By examining these challenges to their cultural practices, Teetł’it Gwich’in worldviews rooted in land-based practices is considered the basis for Gwich’in self-determination rooted in the physical and cultural landscape of Gwich’in lands.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0615en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0740en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6486
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectGwich'inen_US
dc.subjectTeetł’iten_US
dc.subjectPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Governanceen_US
dc.subjectWestern Arcticen_US
dc.subjectDeneen_US
dc.subjectTraditional Knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectIndigeneityen_US
dc.subjectSelf-Determinationen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Leadershipen_US
dc.subjectLand Based Livingen_US
dc.title"Nakhwanh Gwich’in Khehłok Iidilii - We Are Our Own People”: Teetł’it Gwich’in Practices of Indigeneity : Connection to Land, Traditional Self-Governance, and Elements of Self Determinationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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