Title:
Preserving Inuinnait Oral Traditions: Interviewing for Documentation and Capacity Building
Agreement Number:
1920-0855
Agreement Value:
$28,877.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 9, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
This project focuses on the needs of Inuinnait—a distinct regional group of Inuit living in the Central Canadian Arctic. The Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society will record Inuinnait oral documentary heritage from a diminishing group of knowledge holders. The Society recognizes that the tangible memories and the knowledge, values, beliefs, and practices held by these Elders is the foundation of the Inuinnait culture. This unique knowledge will soon be gone, and with it, a significant proportion of Inuinnait culture and heritage will disappear entirely. This project will document Inuinnait experiences, heritage and knowledge through a series of first-person recorded interviews that are translated and transcribed, and available in English and Inuinnaqtun. This project will create a permanent record of documented traditional knowledge to help current and future generations connect to and maintain Inuinnait culture.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Short-term results for this oral history project include the collection of 45 hours of unedited footage; 25 hours of edited footage; and 20 hours of edited footage with transcription and translation. In addition, the organization will digitally preserve Inuinnait oral documentary heritage and obtain first-hand accounts of Elder experiences and knowledge to share with current and future generations. Long-term results include building capacity locally to enable a researcher to document oral history from Elders on a continual basis; including the collection of 45 hours of raw footage and transcription, as future capacity allows; and the opportunity for current and future generations of Inuinnait to have their ancestral knowledge and heritage preserved. This will help contribute to cultural continuity, community wellness and overall wellbeing.
Location:
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, CA X0B 0C0
Reference Number:
129-2019-2020-Q1-00021
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Kitikmeot Heritage Society
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.