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Title:

Digitizing Our History

Agreement Number:

LHOV-03-004

Agreement Value:

$83,564.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 15, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023

Description:

This project will create mobile digitization units staffed by post-secondary students to assist local Elders in transferring their media from cassettes, VHS tapes, film negatives, and historical documents into digital form. Intellectual property protections will be sought, and the owners of the material will be requested to participate in providing their material to a digital museum of our local history. The key activity of the Alkw Media Society is to administer Nuxalk Radio with the mandate of promoting Indigenous language use and fluency, contributing positively to physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being, and providing information regarding Indigenous identity, history and culture. This project involves creating a digital library system to catalogue and store digitized items for Nuxalk community access, digitizing an estimated 100 hours of audio materials and texts and transcribing and broadcasting the materials over Nuxalk Radio.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

Creation of digital archives and transition of media collections held by local Elders

To assist as many Elders as possible with preserving their historical collections

Location:

Saddle Lake , Alberta, CA T0A 3T0

Reference Number:

129-2022-2023-Q1-LHOV-03-004

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Acimowin Opaspiw Society

Program:

Listen, Hear Our Voices

Program Purpose:

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