“…As Wishart (2019) has argued regarding Gwich'in trapping, and Wishart and Loovers (2013) regarding their log cabin architecture, tradition in the Mackenzie Delta is a matter of doing things considered proper and worthwhile with ever‐new materials and techniques. This corroborates the understanding that traditions can provide continuity only if people keep adjusting and reinventing them to serve their purpose under new circumstances (Ingold 2000, 132–51), a point that Menzies (2006) has convincingly argued in relation to the Nisga'a and Gitksan “traditional ecological knowledge” about Northwest British Columbia pine mushrooms in a transforming world.…”
Section: Transforming Traditionssupporting
confidence: 71%
“…Moreover, acknowledging volatility means appreciating and honoring the skills that allow people to achieve these creative reinventions. This distinction between change and volatility corresponds to what Ingold (2000, 148) has called the “relational” and the “genealogical” models of tradition: Just because people are doing things differently now, compared with the way they did them at some time in the past, does not mean that there has been a rupture of tradition or a failure of memory. What would really break the continuity, however, would be if people were forcibly constrained to replicate a pattern fixed by genealogical descent.…”
Section: Volatilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, the fur trade has ushered in an era of many family bonds between Inuit and First Nation people in the delta. A number of commentators of mid-20th-century Aklavik and surroundings (e.g., D. G. Smith 1975) have suggested that the economic and social relations in the delta led to a decrease in Indigenous identities at the expense of a growing "working class" (Slobodin 1964) or "frontier" (Honigmann 1971) culture among Indigenous peoples.…”
Gwich'in and Inuvialuit inhabitants of the Mackenzie Delta, in Canada's Northwest Territories, have witnessed an eventful history in relation to colonialism and environmental transformation. Their current lives are characterized by mobility, mixing, and melting as they negotiate new and old livelihoods, continuity in traditions, and thawing landscapes. Approaching these lives in terms of volatility opens up an experience‐near understanding of people's relations with perpetual, uncertain transformations. Differently situated delta inhabitants have different ways of dealing with these uncertain dynamics, but all are characterized by an improvisation that carries forth reputable activities and attitudes by new means. Dispositions like curiosity, playfulness, and risk‐taking must not be seen as lacking resolve to confront transformations, but should be appreciated as skills for inhabiting a volatile world. [volatility, improvisation, Gwich'in, Inuvialuit, Arctic]
Gwich'in ts’àt Ineekaii kat Canada gwizhìt Northwest Territories, Nagwichoo Njik gwa’àn gugwich'in ts’àt yi'eenoo nits’òo gugwiindài’ ejùk natr'igwiłtsaii aii geeghee ts’àt gwiinlit guunagoo'ee ejùk t'igwinjii gugwinah’ình. Jùk gweendoo nagahdidal, nihtat ejùk gugwahtsii ts’àt nan nagwaaghaii guuzhik ejùk gwinjik gugwindaii ts’àt yi'eenoo nits’òo tr'igwiindài’ gwinjik gugwindaii guuzhik guunan nagwaaghaih. Ejùk t'igwinjii gwizhìt tr'igwich'in kat nits’òo gugwindaii gwiinlit ejùk guuvah gweedhaa jii gwinyaa'in jì’ nits’òo gugwindaii gwiiyeendoo gahiidandaih. Ehdii tat gwa’àn nihłinehch'i’ t'angiinch'uu kat guunagoo'ee gwa’àn ejùk t'igwinjii k'iighè’ k'eejit gwinjik gugwiheendaii gugwahtsih. Geenjit gahvidandai’ giiniindhan, vàh tsiigidi'ii ts’àt gaoguunuu gwizhìt gwitr'it gugwahtsii k'iighè’ guunan ejùk t'igwinjii guuzhik tth'aih ezhik t'igiinch'uh. [khanh ejùk t'igwinjii, ejùk t'igwinjii gwizhìt nits’òo gugwiheendaii gahgidandaii, Gwich'in, Ineekaii, Arctic]
Itkililu, Inuvialuit, inuniaktut umaagimii atautchimi, Canadum nunanga. Tautuguakgikput kafini ukiunii, qanukhilimaat ukauhich nuna allungnuktuk. Inunia ahvikput allungnuk piluni, ingilagaatun inunaniaqugut, uvaptigun inunialakugut, nunakput auktualikuk. Kaiviluting kilamik inuniuhikput, hunaliimarak kilamik allanga nuktuaniakuk.
“…As Wishart (2019) has argued regarding Gwich'in trapping, and Wishart and Loovers (2013) regarding their log cabin architecture, tradition in the Mackenzie Delta is a matter of doing things considered proper and worthwhile with ever‐new materials and techniques. This corroborates the understanding that traditions can provide continuity only if people keep adjusting and reinventing them to serve their purpose under new circumstances (Ingold 2000, 132–51), a point that Menzies (2006) has convincingly argued in relation to the Nisga'a and Gitksan “traditional ecological knowledge” about Northwest British Columbia pine mushrooms in a transforming world.…”
Section: Transforming Traditionssupporting
confidence: 71%
“…Moreover, acknowledging volatility means appreciating and honoring the skills that allow people to achieve these creative reinventions. This distinction between change and volatility corresponds to what Ingold (2000, 148) has called the “relational” and the “genealogical” models of tradition: Just because people are doing things differently now, compared with the way they did them at some time in the past, does not mean that there has been a rupture of tradition or a failure of memory. What would really break the continuity, however, would be if people were forcibly constrained to replicate a pattern fixed by genealogical descent.…”
Section: Volatilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, the fur trade has ushered in an era of many family bonds between Inuit and First Nation people in the delta. A number of commentators of mid-20th-century Aklavik and surroundings (e.g., D. G. Smith 1975) have suggested that the economic and social relations in the delta led to a decrease in Indigenous identities at the expense of a growing "working class" (Slobodin 1964) or "frontier" (Honigmann 1971) culture among Indigenous peoples.…”
Gwich'in and Inuvialuit inhabitants of the Mackenzie Delta, in Canada's Northwest Territories, have witnessed an eventful history in relation to colonialism and environmental transformation. Their current lives are characterized by mobility, mixing, and melting as they negotiate new and old livelihoods, continuity in traditions, and thawing landscapes. Approaching these lives in terms of volatility opens up an experience‐near understanding of people's relations with perpetual, uncertain transformations. Differently situated delta inhabitants have different ways of dealing with these uncertain dynamics, but all are characterized by an improvisation that carries forth reputable activities and attitudes by new means. Dispositions like curiosity, playfulness, and risk‐taking must not be seen as lacking resolve to confront transformations, but should be appreciated as skills for inhabiting a volatile world. [volatility, improvisation, Gwich'in, Inuvialuit, Arctic]
Gwich'in ts’àt Ineekaii kat Canada gwizhìt Northwest Territories, Nagwichoo Njik gwa’àn gugwich'in ts’àt yi'eenoo nits’òo gugwiindài’ ejùk natr'igwiłtsaii aii geeghee ts’àt gwiinlit guunagoo'ee ejùk t'igwinjii gugwinah’ình. Jùk gweendoo nagahdidal, nihtat ejùk gugwahtsii ts’àt nan nagwaaghaii guuzhik ejùk gwinjik gugwindaii ts’àt yi'eenoo nits’òo tr'igwiindài’ gwinjik gugwindaii guuzhik guunan nagwaaghaih. Ejùk t'igwinjii gwizhìt tr'igwich'in kat nits’òo gugwindaii gwiinlit ejùk guuvah gweedhaa jii gwinyaa'in jì’ nits’òo gugwindaii gwiiyeendoo gahiidandaih. Ehdii tat gwa’àn nihłinehch'i’ t'angiinch'uu kat guunagoo'ee gwa’àn ejùk t'igwinjii k'iighè’ k'eejit gwinjik gugwiheendaii gugwahtsih. Geenjit gahvidandai’ giiniindhan, vàh tsiigidi'ii ts’àt gaoguunuu gwizhìt gwitr'it gugwahtsii k'iighè’ guunan ejùk t'igwinjii guuzhik tth'aih ezhik t'igiinch'uh. [khanh ejùk t'igwinjii, ejùk t'igwinjii gwizhìt nits’òo gugwiheendaii gahgidandaii, Gwich'in, Ineekaii, Arctic]
Itkililu, Inuvialuit, inuniaktut umaagimii atautchimi, Canadum nunanga. Tautuguakgikput kafini ukiunii, qanukhilimaat ukauhich nuna allungnuktuk. Inunia ahvikput allungnuk piluni, ingilagaatun inunaniaqugut, uvaptigun inunialakugut, nunakput auktualikuk. Kaiviluting kilamik inuniuhikput, hunaliimarak kilamik allanga nuktuaniakuk.
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