Gwich'in Place Names Atlas: Culture, History, and Land Use

An interactive online atlas shares culture, history, traditional knowledge, and land use of the Gwich'in through place names. The dataset is published by the Government of Northwest Territories under the OGL-CA-2.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Map traditional land use patterns based on place names mentioned in the description
• Analyze cultural and historical narratives embedded in geographic locations
• Study the relationship between language, place, and indigenous knowledge systems

Strengths

• Published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license, which permits open use and adaptation
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, indicating recent maintenance

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Government of Northwest Territories | Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 19:32:25.050729

Geography

Gwich'in region