Title:
CYFN Archives Access Project
Agreement Number:
2122-0084
Agreement Value:
$51,993.00
Agreement Date:
Jun 3, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
Description:
The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) Archives Access Project application for the 2021-22 DHCP focuses on completion of finding aids for 6 key series to enable Yukon First Nations (YFNs) to research documentation for: 50th anniversary commemoration of Together Today for Our Children Tomorrow (TTFOCT); treaty implementation initiatives; Indigenous language revitalization and cultural curriculum development. Yukon Chiefs met Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1973 to present their Yukon land claims resulting in 11 YFN self-government agreements by 2005. The CYFN 2021-22 DHCP project would include appraisal, arrangement, RAD series descriptions plus file listings for @450 boxes of unorganized series: Education (100), Health and Social Development (150), Economic Development (25), Land Claims (25), Joint Federal-territorial-YFN Committees (100), Yukon Native Language Centre Indigenous Language Preservation (50).
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Short-term results include specific tasks completed by Project Archivist to organize and describe 6 currently inaccessible series: Archival Appraisal for @450 boxes; Disposition Authorities for records destruction reducing records by 10-15%; RAD descriptions with appropriate Indigenous terms developed in searchable database; RAD series descriptions added to CYFN Archives Finding Aid; Archival Arrangement and re-housing records in archival containers; ATIPP Analysis providing CYFN staff with tools to provide access. Long-term results will increase research use of 6 key series related to land claims, education, YFN languages, health, economic and social development, and intergovernmental committees. All 14 YFNs participated in land claims negotiations and now implement self-government and shared program and resource management.
Location:
Whitehorse, Yukon, CA Y1A 4P1
Reference Number:
129-2021-2022-Q1-00015
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Recipient's Legal Name:
Council of Yukon First Nations
Program:
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Program Purpose:
The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities by increasing their capacity to preserve, provide access to, and promote local documentary heritage.