Oral History

“… in the summer, people make sure they get enough meat … they kill [moose and caribou, and] they clean the skin … And [with] the young caribou skin they make children’s clothing for winter. I had one on and, just like ski pants to it, too, and it’s that caribou skin which is tan[ned], and [you’ll] never be cold in it …”

— Louisa Snowshoe, Teetł’it Gwich’in Elder, 1990

Gwadàl’ Zheii: Belongings from the Land has been developed in collaboration with the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute (www.gwichin.ca), Northwest Territories, and the Heritage Branch of the Vuntut Gwitchin Government (www.vgfn.ca), Yukon. Explore the rich cultural heritage of the Gwich’in through artifacts, historic and contemporary photographs, and oral histories and stories told by Elders.