Yellowknives Dene and Gwich’in Stellar Wayfinding in Large-Scale Subarctic Landscapes

• Main Authors: Cannon, Chris M., Herbert, Paul, Sangris, Fred
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2022
• Subjects: stellar wayfinding; Indigenous navigation; Yellowknives Dene; Gwich’in; landscape legibility; Northern Dene astronomy; Yukon Flats; barrenlands; dead reckoning; Big Dipper; repérage grâce aux étoiles; navigation autochtone; Dénés Yellowknives; lisibilité du paysage; astronomie des Dénés du Nord; landes; navigation à l’estime; Grande Casserole; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Traveller; Yukon; Arctique*; Subarctic; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/75292

Indigenous systems of stellar wayfinding are rarely described or robustly attested outside of maritime contexts, with few examples reported among peoples of the high Arctic and some desert regions. However, like other large-scale environments that exhibit a low legibility of landmarks, the barrenlan...