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Scientific
knowledge
Knowledge that comes from scien-
tific study.
mǫ
́
la hǝ́
(S, D)
t’ahsı̨
godǝ́
kı́
hshu ts’e yerı
hots’enıhshǫ (KG)
Science; knowledge
from information col-
lected.
Short-eared Owl
bǝ́
hdzı bedzı́
netsı́
lıa (S,
D, KG)
Owl, his ears are short.
Special Concern
Status of a species that might be-
come Endangered or Threatened if
nothing is done to help it. Species
needs to be monitored.
bek’e k’enadets’ewǝ (S, D)
bek’e k’ı̨
́
naɂǝdıts’ewe gha
got’ódeɂa (KG)
We need to keep an eye
on it.
Species
Each different type of plant, tree,
grass, fungus, animal, fish, bird,
insect, etc. is a species. ‘Species’
means all the plants and animals of
that type, not just one individual.
Example: A pine tree is one species
of tree and a birch tree is another
species.
ası́
̨
ı̨
godı́
(S, D)
t’ahsı̨
gódı (KG)
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(tı̨
ch’adı́
ı, ɂı̨
t’ǫ/ɂı̨
t’ǫ
́
, de-
chı̨
/deshı̨
, tł’o, tatsą, tso,
łue/luge, det’ǫne/det’ǫne,
tł’eht’ǝ́
/ tł’ǝhtǝ́
)
Anything alive / living
things.
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(Animal, plant, tree,
grass, bug, fly, fish, bird,
fungus).
Species at Risk
(NWT) Act
A law from the GNWT to protect
species that are in danger of disap-
pearing from the NWT.
Ası́
̨
ı̨
Godı́
Gogha Horı́
la
Ɂeɂa (S, D)
T’ahsı̨
Gódı Gonezǫ
́
̨
Be-
góhdı́
le Ɂeɂa (KG)
Law for anything living
that is having a hard
time.
Species at Risk
Committee
(SARC)
Independent group that decides
how well a species is doing (i.e. how
healthy a species is in the NWT).
SARC is made up of experts - people
who know about the plants and
animals. It is their job to assess the
status of species in the NWT.
Ası́
̨
ı̨
Godı́
Gogha Horı́
la
Got’ı̨
ne (S, D)
T’ahsı̨
Gódı Gonezǫ
́
Begóhdı́
le Gha Godǝke
(KG)
Species at Risk group;
the people (organiza-
tion) that work on the
species at risk.
Status
What state the species is in because
of the risks it is experiencing.
darehcho t’a gogha horíla
-or-
horíla t’a gohǝ́
dagúɂǫ
́
(S,
D) behe dagǫ
́
ht’e (KG)
-or-
gódı kadeɂa yerı t’a begha
ts’ónet’e góɂǫ ts’ıɂǫ
́
ne
behe dagǫ
́
ht’e (KG)
How great the risks or
hardships are; how they
are doing because of the
risks.
How they are doing;
how much the living
thing is suffering from
hardship.
Status Report
Written summary of knowledge on
a species that SARC uses to decide
how healthy a species is.
Góhǝ́
Dagǫ
́
ht’e Gǫdı: De-
newa Hǝ́
Mǫ
́
la Hǝ́
Naow-
ere (S, D)
Gódı He Dagǫ
́
ht’e Kodúya
Gha Ɂedı̨
htł’e Datł’e (KG)
Words/stories about
how they are doing;
includes traditional and
scientific knowledge.
Written paper about
how a species is doing.
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