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Title:

Digitizing the Tlicho Audio and Video Archive

Agreement Number:

LHOV-02-023

Agreement Value:

$59,500.00

Agreement Date:

Jun 17, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

The Tlicho Government has a vast archive of audio and video recordings dating back to the 1940s, which includes significant events in our recent history as a government, as well as culturally, historically and anthropologically important information dating back many decades. The Tlicho Government recognizes the importance of digitizing these recordings and hopes that this project will both protect the information and make it more easily searchable and accessible to Tlicho people and to researchers across the country who may be interested in the information or who may want to continue long-standing research.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

Completed procedures for digitization and handling of existing audiovisual content and database ready for use

Assessment of existing tapes (selection of 1 000 cassettes to be digitized in this project)

Labelling system developed (selected materials labelled and organized to be ready for digitization)

Preservation of 1 000 audio and video cassettes

Location:

Behchoko, Northwest Territories, CA X0E 0Y0

Reference Number:

129-2021-2022-Q1-LHOV-02-023

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Tlicho Government

Program:

Listen, Hear Our Voices

Program Purpose:

Listen, Hear Our Voices supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis governments and non-profit organizations in: 1) digitizing existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures, and 2) building the skills, knowledge and resources to do this work in their communities.