Interview and workshop transcripts from harvesters in Fort Good Hope NWT about community hunts, barren-ground caribou hunts, and food-sharing practices, 2009-2010

• Main Authors: Cindy Dickson, Council Of Yukon First Nations, Roger McMillan, Department Of Resource Economics, Brenda Parlee, Department Of Resource Economics, Fort Good Hope Renewable Resources Council, Sahtu Renewable Resources Board
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2016
• Subjects: Bluenose West caribou herd; Fort Good Hope; Human-wildlife relationships; Hunting; Resource management strategies; International Polar Year-Arctic Peoples, Culture, Resilience and Caribou; Arctic; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/11416; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=11416

The data set consists of transcripts of interviews with hunters, and those involved in meat-sharing networks. Eight transcripts are included from community hunt participants; 5 transcripts are included from household hunters. A further 9 transcripts are included from those involved in sharing networks. One transcript is included from a hunt organizer. A public workshop transcript is also included that adds historical context to current hunting and sharing practices. : Purpose: Data was collected to understand community responses to the changing availability of barren-ground caribou, in terms of hunting and food-sharing. This involved looking at the history of community hunts, and comparing sharing networks between a community hunt and a series of household hunts. : Summary: Not Applicable