[BCMA] CAM indigenous heritage study tour and roundtable, symposium on heritage and national identity, Calgary June 19-23, 2017 - registration now open!

Tue Feb 28 13:06:12 PST 2017

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! 

Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM) Triennial General Assembly
1.        Study Tour of Indigenous Heritage Sites in Southern Alberta, June
19-20
2.        Indigenous Heritage Roundtable, Fort Calgary, June 21
3.        Heritage and Nation Building Symposium, Glenbow Museum and
Archives, June 22-23

1. Study tour of Indigenous Heritage Sites in the traditional territories of
the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region, June 19-20 
Depart the Delta hotel June 19 for Blackfoot Crossing
http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/ (100 km), a National Historic Site governed
by the Siksika First Nation on the site where Treaty 7 was concluded
September 22, 1877. 

Next stop Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park/Áísínai'pi National Historic Site
a sacred landscape with the largest concentration of First Nation
petroglyphs (rock carvings) and pictographs (rock paintings) in North
America https://www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx (300 km). On to
Lethbridge where we will end the day with a visit to the Galt Museum and
Archives https://galtmuseum.com/ (130 km) which tells the history of
Lethbridge and southwest Alberta through its collections of artifacts,
archival documents and photographs, exhibitions, and programmes. 

June 20 rise early to enjoy the river valley and see the replica of Fort
Whoop-Up http://galtmuseum.com/fort-whoop_up which was established to
support the liquor/bison robe trade in the 1860s. Then to Head-Smashed-In
Buffalo Jump http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/ (70 km) where
Blackfoot traditionally killed bison, chasing them over a precipice and
butchering them in camp below. 

>From Head-Smashed-In to the Okotoks Erratic, known as Big Rock or Okotok in
Blackfoot, http://www.history.alberta.ca/okotoks/ (140 km), a rock about 9m
high, 41m long and 18m wide that weighs an estimated 16,500 tonnes and has
spiritual significance for Blackfoot. Our final stop will be at the
Tsuut'ina Museum (Sarcee, no website, 35 km). The museum on the reserve
southwest of the city limits is under redevelopment and will reopen in May
2017 telling the history of the Tsuut’ina people in the region.

We will meet elders and community members, tour facilities and exhibitions,
walk trails, and share hospitality. Registration includes: bus, hotel (based
on single or double rooms), admissions and programs including elders’ visits
and guides, lunch and dinner June 19 and lunch June 20. 

2. Indigenous Heritage Roundtable, Fort Calgary, June 21 – National
Aboriginal Day 
The day will begin early with a Peace Walk from the Langevin Bridge to Fort
Calgary followed by a Reconciliation Ceremony and breakfast. 

The Roundtable is being co-chaired by Chief Wilton Littlechild and
Alissandra Cummins. A member of the Ermineskin Cree Nation, Chief
Littlechild was the first First Nation person in Alberta to receive his law
degree (1976) and be elected to Parliament (1988-1993). He organised a
coalition of Indigenous Nations that gained consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council of the UN and became a member of the UN
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2002–2007) and Chairperson of the UN
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). Most recently
he was a Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(2009-2015). 

Director of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Alissandra Cummins
was International Council of Museums President (ICOM, 2004-2010), UNESCO
Executive Board Member (2011-2013), UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee Chair
for the Promotion of Return of Cultural Property to Countries of Origin or
its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation (ICPRCP, 2003-2005),
President of the International Advisory Board Memory of the UNESCO World
Programme (2077), and Vice-Chair, Commonwealth Association of Museums
(1995-2004).  

We will discuss the heritage implications of the United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (TRC), particularly the Calls to Action and
responses from organisations named in the TRC report to address particular
actions. We will hear about best practices in Indigenous heritage management
to understand to what degree we have, as former AFN National Chief George
Erasmus asked, “turned the page” in the relationship between museums and
Indigenous peoples and will develop an action plan identifying where we need
to focus our efforts for the next decade. 

We will explore Fort Calgary and visit sites within the city limits:
Paskapoo Slopes and Nose Hill Park. The slopes provide views of the Bow
River Valley and the prairies beyond the escarpment. Indigenous people used
cliffs for the buffalo jump and camped on the river banks. The park was a
wintering grounds for bison herds that contains tipi rings, tool-making
stations, a stone cairn, and evidence of bison hunting.

Roundtable registration includes: program, breakfast, lunch and afternoon
break, and site visits after which you will be dropped off at the hotel. You
are responsible for dinner as well as transportation to Fort Calgary. 

3. Heritage and Nation Building Symposium, Glenbow Museum and Archives, June
22-23
The symposium will begin with an opening ceremony, followed by presentations
on Contested Histories by Suay Aksoy, President, ICOM (Turkey) and
Post-Colonial Museology by Richard Benjamin, Head, International Slavery
Museum, National Museums Liverpool (UK) followed by presentations about
national identity. We will tour the Glenbow before heading to the recently
opened National Music Centre https://nmc.ca/. 

Friday, June 24 we will have sessions on Human Rights in the Canadian
Indigenous Context, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Participatory
Governance, Human Remains Management and Repatriation, and Migration:Cities.

Symposium registration includes: program, lunches, breaks, and reception at
Bell Studio June 22. You are responsible for your own breakfasts and dinners
as well as transportation (each location a 10-minute walk).

We acknowledge that these events are taking place on the traditional
territories of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in
Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the
Tsuut’ina, and the Stoney Nakoda First Nations and fall within Region III of
the Metis Nation of Alberta. The City of Calgary is situated on land
adjacent to where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, and the Blackfoot
name of this place is ‘Mohkinstsis’.

The Indigenous Heritage Roundtable has been organised with the support of
the Assembly of First Nations, the Métis National Council, Inuit Tapiriit
Kanatami, Indigenous Heritage Circle, the Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs
Committee, and Fort Calgary.

Register by March 31 to receive the early bird rates!
There are a limited number of places – study tour (45) roundtable (150), and
symposium (200). Go to:
http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam/activities/upcoming_conferences/index.html
to register. Study tour: single $310; two people in a shared room $520;
Indigenous Heritage Roundtable: CAM members $100, non-members $150, students
$75; Symposium: CAM members $200, non-members $300, students $75.

Accommodations: Delta Calgary Downtown
Call Marriott Reservations at 1-800-268-1133 or 1-403-266-1980 or click here
to  Book your group rate for Commonwealth Association of Museums -
International Tri-Annual Conference  online by 4:00 pm, Friday May 19 at the
exceptional rate of $127/night plus taxes at the Delta Calgary Downtown, 209
4th Ave SE. 

Please Bring: A donation for a silent auction to raise funds for travel by
delegates from developing nations (e.g., museum publication, local craft or
museum product, or local food or drink packaged for export)

Payment may be made by:

·        Cheque or money order to the Secretariat 10023-93 St, Edmonton, AB,
T5H1W6. 

·        PayPal through the CAM website
http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam/activities/upcoming_conferences/index.html  

·        Bank transfer to: RBC, 11604 104th Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, T5K 2T7:
Swift code ROYCCAT2; Transit number 05179; Financial Institution 003;
Account number 1014547.

For further information contact: CatherineC.Cole at telus.net 

Cheers,

Catherine 

Catherine C. Cole, MA, FCMA

Principal Consultant, Catherine C. Cole & Associates

Secretary-General, Commonwealth Association of Museums

Vice-Chair, ICOM CAMOC (Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities)

10023 93 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T5H 1W6

phone/fax: 780-424-2229; CatherineC.Cole at telus.net 

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