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Collared Pika
Small mouse-like rodent that lives
in the Mackenzie Mountains; the
KG and D terms are newly creat-
ed names as they don’t know this
animal.
ɂehpah (S)
shúhta godlı̨
ą (D)
shı́
hta godlı̨
́
ye (KG)
Collared pika
Mouse that comes from
the mountains.
Community
knowledge
Knowledge held by any members of
an NWT community.
denewa hǝ́
(S, D)
kǫ
́
ta dene ts’ı̨
lı̨
ghare yerı
hots’enıhshǫ (KG)
Community knowledge/
knowledge from living
in a community.
Conference of
Management
Authorities
(CMA)
Group of wildlife co-management
boards and governments that share
responsibility for managing species
at risk. The group includes: Wild-
life Management Advisory Coun-
cil (NWT), Gwich’in Renewable
Resources Board, SRRB, Wek’èezhìi
Renewable Resources Board, Tłı̨
chǫ
Government, Government of Cana-
da, and the GNWT. They make the
final decision about whether or not
the species will be listed.
Ası́
̨
ı̨
Godı́
Gogha Horı́
la
K’aowǝ Kǝ (S, D)
T’ahsı̨
Gódı Gonezǫ
́
Be-
góhdı́
le Gha K’ahoweke
(KG)
The species at risk
bosses; bosses for living
things having a hard
time.
Consultation
Talking with people about species
at risk; hearing what people think
about species at risk.
dałets’erekǝ (S, D)
daluts’edeke (KG)
Talking and asking
questions both ways;
listening to informa-
tion from the people
to make a decision (an
exchange).
Data Deficient
SARC can’t decide how healthy
a species is because there is not
enough information.
begodı́
k’eerúya (D)
begodı k’eruzha (S)
waı begodǝ́
hots’enıhshǫ
gha got’ódeɂa (KG)
We need more informa-
tion; more informatıon
is needed.
Decline/Decrease
When something goes down in
numbers.
łǫle ade gha (S, D)
hı̨
łǫ
́
le gú ɂadadǝ/k’ets’ene
ɂareht’e ɂadadǝ (KG)
To become less; the
numbers are going
down.
Disease
Something that is making the ani-
mals/plants sick.
eyaa (S, D)
ɂeya (KG)
Sickness.
Endangered
Status of a species that may soon be
gone from the NWT or the world (in
our lifetime).
kafale wı́
le ade sǫ
́
ǫnı̨
(S,
D) ka nı̨
wale behúle ragudı
(KG)
They might disappear
soon.
Extinct
Status of a species that is gone from
the whole world.
areyǫnę
́
húle (S, D)
t’ahsı̨
gódı lı́
e lahot’e húle
(KG)
All dead or all gone;
species of one kind
completely gone.
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