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Two new collections have been inscribed in the Canada Memory of the World Register that highlight the preservation and transmission of Indigenous cultures and knowledge. The Canada Memory of the World Register was created in 2017 to promote significant documentary heritage from the first settling of the land by Indigenous Peoples to the present. It is part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World program which showcases the most meaningful documents in humanity’s heritage and history.
Five Gwich’in men model replicas of 19th C. traditional caribou skin clothing at the unveiling of a knowledge repatriation project. (Tom Andrews)
New book documents stories of Gwich in elders
A new book that documents the stories of Gwich’in elders to help bridge the divide between the generations and record a collective history of the Gwich’in people has just been published by the Gwich’in Tribal Council.
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Book is meant to provide collective history of the Gwich’in people and bridge the generational divide
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Posted: Jan 23, 2021 7:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 23
A page from the book Our Whole Gwich in Way of Life has Changed, which documents Mary Martha (Robert) Firth s story. She was one of 23 Gwich in elders whose stories were captured in the book. (Courtesy of Gwich in Tribal Council)