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Title:

Digitization & Preservation of Cheslatta Carrier Nation's Archival Records

Agreement Number:

LHOV-05-059

Agreement Value:

$24,999.00

Agreement Date:

May 24, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025

Description:

Our current project is a continuation of the work done during Cheslatta Carrier Nation's earlier digitization efforts. Through Library and Archives Canada's Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative, those efforts successfully digitized 185 VHS tapes, 82 cassettes, 713 historical maps, 1 452 photographs, and over 82 000 pages of archival documents. The continued digitization of this collection will help ensure the sustainability of Cheslatta peoples' oral and written history, as well as the documented relationship we have with our land.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

At least 100 cassette and VHS tapes, 50 maps, 30 boxes of documents, and several boxes of photographs will be packaged and transported for third-party digitization

Purchase of a photograph scanner to digitize several hundred historical photographs on site

All materials sent off-site for digitization will be catalogued

Location:

Southbank, British Columbia, CA V0J2P0

Reference Number:

129-2024-2025 Q1-LHOV-05-059

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Cheslatta Carrier Nation

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.