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Title:
Arrangement, description and digitization of special media in the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute -Gwich’in Tribal Council fonds
Agreement Number:
LHOV-05-031
Agreement Value:
$75,670.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 12, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
The GTC-GSCI fonds contains the complete research and administrative records created by the Gwich’in Tribal Council Department of Culture and Heritage (GTC-CH), formerly the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute (GSCI). Donated to the Northwest Territories Archives (NWT Archives) in 2018, this collection was added in 2021 to the Canada Memory of the World Register (part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme) in acknowledgement of its incredible linguistic and cultural richness and significance to the Gwich’in, northern, and Canadian cultural landscapes. This irreplaceable collection preserves Indigenous traditional knowledge, language, and cultural material, created with the specific goal of safeguarding and promoting Gwich’in language and culture. This project proposes a continued partnership between GTC-CH and the NWT Archives to hire a professional archivist. Now entering its fourth phase, the project is titled “Arrangement, description and digitization of special media in the GSCI-GTC fonds.” This phase is part of a broader, multi-phase effort to fully arrange, describe, and preserve the GTC-GSCI fonds. The partnership between the GTC and the NWT Archives has resulted in an agreement that will provide security, high preservation standards, advanced intellectual control, and increased access for the material.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:

Verification of duplicates and appraisal recommendations for AV, rehousing as required

Digitization and description of video recordings; digitization of priority map/OS and photograph series

Migration of available metadata into RAD descriptions, finalizing and publishing project material into A to M database

Final report reviewing appraisal, prioritization and action for remaining special media in fonds

Location:
Inuvik, Nunavut, CA X0E 0T0
Reference Number:
129-2024-2025 Q1-LHOV-05-031
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Recipient's Legal Name:
Gwich'in Tribal Council
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.