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The Ka’a’gee Tu Atlas – Community-based mapping and monitoring of a changing landscape [Draft]

A web map was developed for Kakisa by collecting information on traditional land uses, culturally significant places, environmental information, and resource development locations.

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Creator Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program
Summary Community members of Kakisa, NWT are noticing changes to the land and want to play a larger role in monitoring the health of the land. This concern led to the development of the Ka’a’gee Tu Atlas, an innovative web map. The Atlas was constructed for the community by collecting information on traditional land uses and culturally significant places, as well as environmental information and resource development locations. Sharing and documenting pictures and stories from the past helped community members understand and discuss changes to the land. This project demonstrates how mapping can be an important decision-making tool for communities.
Local Relevance This project outlines the creation of an online Ka'a'gee Tu Atlas, which maps the land of the Ka'a'gee Tu peoples in the NWT (mapping traditional land uses, culturally significant places, environmental information, and resource development locations).
Notes This bulletin is part of the Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program's NWT Environmental Research Bulletin series - Volume 6, Issue 24.
Tags Atlas,Mapping,Indigenous Knowledge
Geographic Region
  • Dehcho
  • South Slave
Release Date 2021-01-01
Last Modified Date 2021-01-01
Funding Program Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program