Culture and Heritage Working Committee
Mandate and Purpose
The purpose of the Culture and Heritage Committee is to promote an environment in which the Mi’kmaq, Provincial and Federal Governments can come together in cooperation to discuss common issues, explore options and recommend actions with respect to culture and heritage.
The mandate of the Culture and Heritage Committee is to focus on achievable objectives with respect to language, research, culture and heritage resource management and the commemoration and presentation of the Mi’kmaq culture and heritage.
The Culture and Heritage Working Committee includes representatives from:
- The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
- Union of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq
- Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association
- Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office
- Eskasoni, First Nation
- Membertou, First Nation
- Canadian Heritage
- Indigenous Services Canada
- Mi’kmaq Association of Cultural Studies
- Nova Scotia Office of L’nu Affairs
- Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage
- Parks Canada
2018-2019 Workplan Goals
Heritage Preservation – Bedford Barrens Petroglyph Site Protection & Interpretation, & Coastal Erosion.
Community Identity and Language – Mi’kmaq Language Revitalization, 100 Series Highway Signs, Mi’kmaq Placenames Digital Atlas and Website, Elder stories, Discovery centre planetarium: Mi’kmaw content and language strategy.
Cultural Expression and Preservation – Mi’kmaw History Month, Indian Residential School Commemoration, NS Newcomer Information, Appropriate Signage Project.
Other Initiatives/Projects – (items on the C&H Radar/Support)
- Mawiomi Economic Impact
- Mi’kmaw Cultural Tourism Strategy
- Treaty Education Initiative
- Collections Policy/Standards of Excellence
- Collection Repatriation Readiness/Capacity
- Language Resources and Publishing
Strategic Goals
Heritage Preservation
- Scope: To foster and support the preservation of heritage sites, buildings and objects or collections that relate to Mi’kmaw heritage. This includes issues of archeological sites and artifacts, development of Mi’kmaw heritage collections, archives and heritage site protection.
- Recent Activities: Bedford Barrens, Malagawatch, St. Anne’s Mission Church, etc.
Community Identity and Language
- Scope: To assist and support communities with enhancing and celebrating community identity and promotion. This includes community branding, naming and location aids (maps, signage.)
- Recent Activities: Mi’kmaq language, highway signage, Placemats, Place names database, community branding.
Cultural Expression and Presentation
- Scope: To support and foster the development and presentation of cultural expression in all forms. This includes literary and performing arts, visual arts, music, dance and cultural celebration.
- Recent Activities: Chief’s Regalia, Mawiomis, Mi’kmaq History Month, etc.
Cultural and Heritage Working Committee Co-chairs:
- Mi’kmaw Co-Chair: Tim Bernard – The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq P.O. Box 1590 Truro, NS B2N 5V3 Tel: 902-895-6385 Fax: 902-893-1520 Email: [email protected]
- Provincial Co-Chair: Sean Weseloh-McKeane – Nova Scotia Museum 1747 Summer St, Halifax, NS B3H 3A6 Tel: 902 424-6453 [email protected]
- Federal Co-Chair: Colin Boyd – Canadian Heritage 1869 Upper Water St., Suite PB 301 Halifax, NS B3J 1S9 Tel: 613-851-4671 Fax: 902-426-5428 Email: [email protected]
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