The Yukon and Northwest Territories are in Canada’s north and border above British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Indigenous peoples in the Yukon and Northwest Territory are the Dene, Southern and Northern Tutchone, Tlingit, Tagish, Kaska, Tanana, Han, Gwich’in(1), Inuit and Metis.
A recommendation from the 2006 NWT Art Strategy Progress Report was the creation of a NWT Artists Database is to provide a multi-user, web-based database that is an interactive online resource for all NWT artists(5). The NWT Arts and Fine Crafts Website and database provides members of the NWT’s arts community with the capability and opportunity to better showcase their products to national and international markets(6).
This article is a non-comprehensive and living document that provides an overview of artistic activities in the region. It will be revised as necessary as part of our ongoing process of continuous updates.
1) http://travelyukon.com/aboutyukonterritory/firstnations/
5) http://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/PDF_File/Arts%20Sratergy/Arts_Strategy.pdf
6) http://www.nwtartistsdatabase.com/