Asch et. al provide context for the Dene/Métis mapping project, initiated in the 1970s when the Dene Nation began a traditional land use and occupancy study that was to be used in land claims and other negotiations. The mapping project began with the recorded knowledge of approximately 600 trappers, and began computerizing data in 1981.

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Asch, Michael, Thomas D. Andrews, and Shirleen Smith. “The Dene Mapping Project on Land Use and Occupancy: An Introduction.” In Anthropology in Praxis, edited by Phillip Spaulding, 36-43. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1986.