HERITAGE—Regular Operations
Contact: Emmie Fairclough, Senior Manager
Yukon First Nations Heritage Group
The Yukon First Nations Heritage Group is made up of heritage staff representatives from all 14 Yukon First Nations, including some trans-boundary First Nations. We work on projects of comon concern, such as heritage training programs and a traditional knowledge policy. The Yukon First Nations Heritage Group also serves as a excellent tool for sharing information with the entire Yukon First Nations heritage community.
Executive Director, Elaine Shorty, can be reached at (867) 456-4794,
or yfnhg@northwestel.net
Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board Reviews
The Heritage Branch contributes to impact assessments in the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council traditional territory to ensure that Ta'an Kwäch'än heritage resources and interestes are protected for future generations. It is our view that heritage resources are not just limited to tangible heritage, such as archaeological sites or old cabins, and, for this reason, we also work to protect traditional use areas, story and sacred sites.
Chapter 13 Implementation
Chapter 13, Heritage, of the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council Final Agreement contains clauses about program funding, heritage resource management and specific heritage sites. Implementing these clauses means that the Heritage Branch has to work in partnership with the Government of Canada and the Yukon Government.
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