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First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Recommendation 12:
Support efforts to map Indigenous cultural heritage traditions across the province through the provision of funding for training and capacity building, research and documentation, learning and knowledge transfer, and informational infrastructure development.
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Recommendation 6:
Support anti-racism initiatives and education for and about Indigenous Peoplesby working with the Ministry of Education and developing resources for public education at all levels.
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Recommendation 1:
Start by acknowledging that the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples belongs to Indigenous peoples. Without exaggeration, 99.9% of archaeological sites in B.C., extending back in time more than 10,000 years, are those of Indigenous peoples. Yet Indigenous peoples have had little say in or control over decisions made concerning their study, preservation or destruction.
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Recommendation 8:
Set out measures for special identification, recognition, and protection of intangible heritage. It is recommended that B.C. support the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (the Convention) by articulating in legislation and regulations the means by which intangible Indigenous cultural heritage is identified, recognized, and protected.
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Recommendation 2:
Recognize that the Indigenous understandings of Indigenous cultural heritage are both tangible and intangible and are holistic, integrated, fulsome, and inclusive. This will require moving away from the narrow focus on ‘archaeological’ material culture currently common to the interpretation of the heritage legislation such as the Heritage Conservation Act and the delineation of a set date of 1846 as archaeological in nature.
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Recommendation 13:
Recognize and protect Indigenous cultural heritage places of significance and places that are endangered yearly through the application of legislative tools for heritage recognition and protection and through provision of funding for projects and initiatives designed to safeguarding such places. This must include a public registry of Indigenous cultural heritage places that allows Indigenous communities to control which places may be publicly known.
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Recommendation 18:
Provide support for a committee, such as the FPCC Indigenous Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee, of qualified Indigenous experts to advise B.C. on a case-by-case basis on shared Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural heritage interests.
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Recommendation 21:
Provide specific funding for Indigenous-led initiatives to commemorate and interpret Indigenous cultural heritage. Such funding should be broadly distributed according to each Indigenous Nation’s current capacity and needs. For example, there is a need for Indigenous communities to work internally in the form of committees or working groups to decide how they want to commemorate sites of trauma, such as residential schools, and how the process of commemoration should unfold.
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Recommendation 7:
In addressing Recommendation 6, recognize five key points from “Why Intangible Heritage Matters” (Nicholas 2014):
- Heritage protection and management remain focused on the tangible;
- However, no object or place has meaning without the intangible values ascribed;
- For Indigenous peoples, the tangible and intangible are often indivisible, which has substantial implications for heritage protection;
- A double standard exists regarding how Indigenous intangible heritage, including Traditional Knowledge, and Western Science are valued or treated.
- Efforts to decolonize heritage research and to implement such developments as the UNDRIP will continue to fail if intangible heritage is ignored.
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Recommendation 20:
Hire Indigenous People experienced in Indigenous cultural heritage to foster new ways of thinking within government and to develop common understandings between government and Indigenous communities.
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