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Gwizhìt Gwitr’it T’agwah’in Kat

Alestine Andre zrit Gwich’in nilii ts’àt Tsiigèhtshik gwàts’at, Vananh Adaghoo 1994 dài’ GSCI goovàh nilii. Ezhik dài’ gwàts’at Cultural Director iinlì’, Executive Director iinlì’, ts’àt jùk gweendòo zrit Heritage Researcher nilii t’at jidìi tape kak 1990 dài’ gwàts’at gàh gwitr’it t’agwah’ii. Alestine chan Camosun College gwàts’at edìnehtå’eh di’ii aii Public Administration eenjit gehkhee ts’àt Bachelor of Arts degree Anthropology chan ts’àt Tr’iinjoo eenjit gihk’àtr’aanjii University Victoria gwizhìt danh goots’at. Nagwidàdhat 2004 dài’ Videetoh Goojìidhat danh, Alestine zrit jidìi agòondaii gwanzhih k’ìighe’ tr’adaatsii eenjit dinjii zhuh kat t’àgìjâhch’uu geenjit edìnehtå’eh hadineetå’oo. Alestine chan nan gwiinlit gwà’àn khàihtak gwàåtsaii gwàt guugàa zrit Vananh Gwijìditsik dài’ yeenji’ Dachan Choo Gèhnjiga danh gwits’ee nànadik.

Kristi Benson vàazhii zrit jii nagwidàdhat 2004 Tadhaa Zrìi’ nanh GSCI kat hàh gwitr’it t’agwah’in, jii at’at nànkak jidìi àhgwidandaii geenjit gwitr’it t’agwah’in gwichìt heelyaa ts’àt gihk’àanjii nilii jùk gweendòo khaii drinh geenjit kàgintii gàh akòo t’àheedi’yaa. British Columbia gwizhìt gwik’ìt akòo t’eedi’in’ 1999 dài’ gwàts’at aii gehkhee ts’àt Alberta gwizhìt chan, ts’àt Tabasco, Mexico gwizhìt danh chan. BC ts’àt Mexico gwizhìt ethnographic research akòo t’èedì’in’, gehkhee ts’àt Anthropology ts’àt First Nations Studies Malaspina University-College gwizhìt ga’oonahtan iinli’. Kristi zrit BA ts’àt MA goonjik University of Calgary gwizhìt danh akòo ts’àt BC Institute of Technology giiyàhnuu gwizhìt Geographic Information Systems eenjit gàhdàndaih.

Mavis Clark vàazhii zrit Gwich’in nilii GSCI eenjit iitsii vizhìt tr’igîîkhii dàii dhidye ts’àt edìnehtå’eh ts’àt khàihtak tr’agwahtsii geenjit vik’ànahtye nagwidàdhat 2000 dài’ gwàts’at akòo t’èedi’in’. Mavis zrit jidìi tthak drin gwitak gwinyàanch’uu aii gwitr’it dehk’ìt gwizhìt gwîîzrii vik’ànahtye. Mavis t’at Edìnehtå’eh K’ànahtye ts’àt Accounting eenjit edìnehtå’eh di’in gehkhee ts’àt Community Administration eenjit t’at Level I ts’àt II hàh tthak di’in. Nijìn aii goots’àt ginohkhih jì’ t’at Mavis zrit tr’oochìt nekhwets’àt hagikhik t’iinch’uh jii t’at iisrits’àt office gwizhìt danh gòo’aih.

William G. Firth vàazhii zrit Gwich’in ts’an nilii, Gwich’in ginjik tr’iilee dagwidaatsii/Gwich’in Ginjik Zheh eenjit gwitr’it t’agwah’in gwichìt nilii. William diginjìk adik’ìt nahaandal gwiintå’òh nìlnjik dìtsii dìtsuu naonjik jii at’at nekhweginjìk natr’oonji’ niindhan gwinjik jùu t’idi’in. William chan åehte’dehdeelyaa gwizhìt gwitr’it gwiinchih gwàåtsaii ts’àt yaa’àt CBC eenjit Gwich’in Ginjik zhìt danh gwitr’it t’agwah’in’. Jii ginjih nihåinehch’ì’ zhìt gihk’àtr’ahaandal gwizhìt akòo t’agòonch’uu geenjit chan University of Alaska gwizhìt iinli’. Ginjih nihåinehch’ì’ t’iinch’uu nekhweginjik natr’ooheendal GSCI kat nagwidàdhat ihåogwinlì’ gwizhìt nits’òo t’àgwìheedi’yaa tr’iilee dagwidaatsii gwizhìt gòo’aii ts’àt Gwich’in Ginjìk Zheh gwizhìt jidìi yeendòo gwiheezaa gwits’àt jùu t’àgidi’in.

Bertha Francis vàhkhwìndaii zrit Gwich’in njòo nilii Teetå’it Zheh gwàts’at nilii Gwich’in Ginjìk Zheh gwizhìt ihåèh gwitr’it t’agwah’in’. GSCI eenjit board t’at Bertha tr’oochìt gatr’igwinii’aii dài’ gwàts’at gwakak iindi’. Jùk at’at GSCI eenjit åehte’dèhdeelyaa gwiinlit nihåi’ejùk gwizhìt gwitr’it t’agwah’in åanatr’aadal ts’àt gwitr’it tthak. Gwiinlit chan uunjit k’yùu gwik’ìt tè’ adantå’oo gàh gwitr’it hàh dha’aii. Audio cassette kak leii chan dinjii zhuh k’yùu zhìt gwidèezhuu jiitth’ak tå’ee hee uunjit k’yùu gwizhìt ejùk gwaatsii. Geetàk chan åanagaadaå GSCI eenjit gòo izhuu kat goots’àt tr’iinjii geenjit chan gootee dhidii.

Scott Higgins zrit vàazhii nyahgwan gwànoo diitee nìniinzhii, Nohjùu Ts’an 2004 dài’ gwitr’it t’agwichìå’in t’at GIS Analyst nilii Mackenzie Gas Project – TK gihk’àtr’aanjii eenjit. Scott zrit North Bay, Ontario gwizhìt danh vagòonlii. 1998 hee gwànoo zrit Sudbury, Ontario gwizhìt Laurentian University gwàts’at school gaonìåtin sociology eenjit gihk’àanjik. Niagara College danh khaii 2001 ts’àt 2002 dài’ Geographic Information Systems eenjit postgraduate edìnehtå’eh goonjik. Yi’eendok Guatemala gwizhìt rural education development gwizhìt gaoniltin ts’àt jii gwitr’it vats’an gwàåtsaii gwichih zrit Labrador, Newfoundland gwizhìt Innu tat GIS Analyst iinli’ jidìi nànkak gwizhìt Dachan k’atr’inahtii gwitr’it gwizhìt ts’àt izhii gwitr’it jidìi hàh diinagòo’ee k’atr’inahtii geenjit zhàn nilii.

Ingrid Kritsch vàazhii zrit GSCI tr’oochìt gatr’igwinii’aih dài’ gwichìt iinli’ ts’àt 1998 dài’ gwàts’at Research Director nilii. Ingrid t’at jidìi gwitr’it gihk’àgaanjii geenjit edint’eh guk’àndehnahtii heritage ts’àt nekhwek’yùu eenjit chan. 1977 dài’ gwàts’at yee’ok ak’oh nànkak gwà’àn gwitr’it t’agwah’in’ ts’àt cultural anthropologist ts’àt archaeologist iinli’.Yi’eenin nànkak Netherlands ts’àt Middle East gwà’àn nànadik gwitr’it t’agwah’in ts’àt digwitr’it åi’ hàh gat’iiniindhan eenjit akòo t’èedi’in’. Gaonìåtin gwizhìt t’at jii B.A. (joint honors) nan t’eh gwitr’it t’agwah’in ts’àt nan geenjit ek’ìdhìnjik McGill University gwizhìt, M.A. Anthropology gwizhìt McMaster University gwàts’at gehkhee ts’àt University of Alberta gwizhìt Ph. D gwits’àt gihk’àanjii.

Betty Vittrekwa-Firth vitr’àhnuu zrit Gwich’in nilii 1995 dài’ gwàts’at Gwich’in Ginjìk Gwitr’it Zheh gwizhìt gwitr’it t’agwah’in’. Betty zrit aii jidìi edìnehtå’eh gwahtsii eenjit gwichìt nilii. Edìnehtå’eh ahtsii geenjit nilii, gehkhee ts’àt jidìi hàh nilii ts’àt vàh gihk’àtr’aanjii geenjit nilii yee’ok kaiik’ìt daang gwizhìt gwit’àgwìtahch’yaa geenjit gwiheelyaa. Juudìn school gwizhìt gijìlch’eii kat jidìi geenjit giiniindhan hàh goots’àt tr’iniinjik.

 

 

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