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Northern Affairs Program sous-fonds [multiple media] (R216-186-7-E)

Accession

1. Inuit land use and occupancy project database [cartographic material (electronic)] (104-000001-0)
2. CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFARIS, INUIT LAND USE & OCCUPANCY PROJECT AFFAIRES ET DU NORD CANADA
3. CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFARIS, INUIT LAND USE & OCCUPANCY PROJECT AFFAIRES ET DU NORD CANADA
4. [Inuit land use and occupancy maps] [cartographic material]. produced by Milton Freeman Research Ltd

Date(s)

1973-1975

Place of creation

Northwest Territories

Extent

ca. 1800 maps
92 computer files
ca. 280 audio cassettes (ca. 280 h)

Scope and content

Series consists of maps produced by Milton Freeman Research Ltd. under contract to the Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs in order to create a record of Inuit land use and occupancy in the Northwest Territories. Information collected in 33 Inuit settlements was used to create maps that fall into 3 classifications: an estimated 1600 map biographies giving the life history and land use patterns of individual hunters (these map biographies were used to prepare interim and final composite maps); and estimated 115 cultural maps giving information on the location of burial sites, travel routes, archaeological sites, caches, etc.; an estimated 40 ecological maps showing wildlife distribution and movement.
The series consist of three different types of data associated with The Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Data Base. The first set consists of land use information for various communities in the Northwest Territories that have been sorted by geographic location (UTM location) for each type of land use activity. This set of data is known as the INUIT series. The land use information has also been arranged by the identification number of each individual that was interviewed for the study. This set of data is known at the RTSC series. The INUIT series contains information for 30 different communities, and the RTSC series contains infromation for 29 different communities. In the majority of cases, the land use activities for each individual were analyzed by community according to three different time frames - periods 1, 2 and 3. In two instances, a fourth time period was added to the analysis. These files represent the third set of files one can expect to find in this series. Also included in the collection are a series of statistical summary files. These files were created by the project team as output from some sort of statistical analysis package, and summarize activity code data for each individual performing a land use activity within a particular community. In total, there are 30 fiels, one file for each community.
Sound recordings consist of audio cassettes that were collected, translated and held in the custody of the National Film Television and Sound Archives, now known as the Film and Broadcasting Section. See sub-series for further description.

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Copyright belongs to the Crown. Credit Library and Archives Canada.

Finding aid

Cartographic material Please consult lower level descriptions. An itemized list is not yet available but there are a number of finding aids provided or prepared for the National Map Collection under contract to F.H. Schwartz of Milton Freeman Research, which include: a manual explaining categories of records and how to use the finding aids; a key word index or code to the regions, settlements, etc.; a guide to material held by the National Map Collection (various lists under one cover); a list of Settlement Land Use Individual Biographies (maps); and a card index for the individual map biographies, composite, cultural and ecological maps. RG85M 77803/16. 90 (Electronic)

Cartographic material To access data files associated with the Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Project researchers must consult the Geomatics Section, (accession C0000367). If they require copies of the data files they must contact the Geomatics Section or Digital Media Preservation Technology. C0000367. 90 (Electronic)

Additional name(s)

Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
Milton Freeman Research Limited.

Additional information

Varying form of title

Inuit land use and occupancy project database. 

Subject heading

1. Canada - Northwest Territories.
2. Canada - Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

Source

Government

Related control no.

1. 1977-0110 MISA
2. 1977-0156 MISA
3. C0000367 CA
4. 104-000001-0
5. RG85M 77803/16

MIKAN no.

3677893