Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl’azt’en Nation, British Columbia
Apart from conventional understandings of its utilitarian function as spatial labels (often eponymous in character), toponymy is seldom appreciated as palimpsest or for the layers of meaning it assumes, conveyed in place-name etymologies and local knowledge associated with the named places. Over the...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1c7e0f2e73c540858395ec01b4d2239a 2023-05-15T15:59:55+02:00 Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl’azt’en Nation, British Columbia Karen Heikkilä Gail Fondahl 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/1c7e0f2e73c540858395ec01b4d2239a EN eng Geographical Society of Finland https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/2531 https://doaj.org/toc/1798-5617 1798-5617 https://doaj.org/article/1c7e0f2e73c540858395ec01b4d2239a Fennia: International Journal of Geography, Vol 188, Iss 1 (2010) British Columbia toponymy First Nations indigenous participatory research culturally sensitive education Geography (General) G1-922 article 2010 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T02:35:16Z Apart from conventional understandings of its utilitarian function as spatial labels (often eponymous in character), toponymy is seldom appreciated as palimpsest or for the layers of meaning it assumes, conveyed in place-name etymologies and local knowledge associated with the named places. Over the years, a growing body of literature has emerged on the use of toponymy in several research fields: the range spans from linguistic investigations into place-names and naming practices to the use of place-names in tracking environmental change, locating places of archaeological interest and understanding the knowledge possessed by local communities about the natural environment. The latter focus describes place-names research with Tl’azt’en Nation, the Dakelh-speaking people whose territory lies in the Stuart-Trembleur watershed of central British Columbia, Canada. From the perspective that indigenous place-names communicate knowledge about the natural world, indigenous language and(oral) history, this paper will draw upon examples of Dakelh place-names to put forth the argument that toponymy should be considered in curriculum not only as a means to educate about local geography and history, but to instill awareness and appreciation of, as in the case of indigenous place-names, other epistemologies or non-western ways of understanding the world. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dakelh First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Trembleur ENVELOPE(-125.120,-125.120,54.867,54.867) |
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Apart from conventional understandings of its utilitarian function as spatial labels (often eponymous in character), toponymy is seldom appreciated as palimpsest or for the layers of meaning it assumes, conveyed in place-name etymologies and local knowledge associated with the named places. Over the years, a growing body of literature has emerged on the use of toponymy in several research fields: the range spans from linguistic investigations into place-names and naming practices to the use of place-names in tracking environmental change, locating places of archaeological interest and understanding the knowledge possessed by local communities about the natural environment. The latter focus describes place-names research with Tl’azt’en Nation, the Dakelh-speaking people whose territory lies in the Stuart-Trembleur watershed of central British Columbia, Canada. From the perspective that indigenous place-names communicate knowledge about the natural world, indigenous language and(oral) history, this paper will draw upon examples of Dakelh place-names to put forth the argument that toponymy should be considered in curriculum not only as a means to educate about local geography and history, but to instill awareness and appreciation of, as in the case of indigenous place-names, other epistemologies or non-western ways of understanding the world. |
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Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl’azt’en Nation, British Columbia |
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Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl’azt’en Nation, British Columbia |
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Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl’azt’en Nation, British Columbia |
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Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl’azt’en Nation, British Columbia |
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Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl’azt’en Nation, British Columbia |
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Geographical Society of Finland |
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