This series consists of records documenting the GSCI’s oral history and place naming work. Records include project, planning and produced materials from oral history and place name projects conducted by the GSCI and conducted by future GSCI staff prior to the GSCI being established. These projects include the various phases of the Ehdiitat Gwich’in, Gwichya Gwich’in, Nihtat Gwich’in and Teetł’it Gwich’in Place Name Projects, the Arctic Red River Oral History Project (1989), the Fishtrap Project (1991), the Gwichya Gwich’in Legends Project (1995), the Fort McPherson to Mayo Snowmobile Trip (1998), the Tombstone Oral History Project (1999 and 2002), the Gwich’in Volunteer Storybook Project (2000-2002), the Devlan Oral History Project (2002), Gwich’in Goonanh’kak Googwandak: The Places and Stories of the Gwich’in (began in 2010) and the Gwich’in Ethnoastronomy Project (began in 2012). Project and planning materials include correspondence; funding proposals and contribution agreements financial statements and budget materials; service contract; travel materials; interview questions and consent forms; transcripts and materials related to transcription and translation work; elders profile forms; notes; workshop materials; presentation materials; and research and reference materials. Produced project materials include reports, draft reports and related photographic logs; book drafts; articles and papers; photographs, slides and negatives; audio recordings; transcripts; a teacher’s guide; and maps.
The series also includes records related to the GSCI’s place names database and online mapping projects as well as general place name records. Database and online mapping records include correspondence; licence and software materials; funding proposals and financial materials; translation and transcription materials; notes; drafts of place name texts; and database printouts. General place name records include correspondence regarding Gwich’in place names in the Yukon and the correct spelling of place names; materials related to the process of changing place names; GSCI presentation materials; and reference materials.