[BCMA] Call for Conference Presentations - Kohkux Map: 150 Years

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

*CALL FOR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS*
*Kohklux Map: 150 Years*
*October 25-27, 2019*

*Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon*
*Co-sponsored by the Yukon Historical and Museums Association (Whitehorse,
Yukon) and Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center (Klukwan, Alaska)*

2019 will mark the 150th anniversary of the drawing of the Kohklux Map.
Chilkat leader Kohklux and his wives drew the map in 1869 for American
scientist George Davidson, who was in the north to view a solar eclipse.
Depicting the details and landscape of an Indigenous trade route between
southeast Alaska and southwest Yukon, to date it is not only the oldest
surviving map of southern Yukon, but also the oldest preserved map of this
region drawn on paper by Indigenous people.

In honour of this anniversary and in acknowledgement of the immeasurable
cultural and historical value of this map, this multi-disciplinary
conference will explore the Kohklux Map, its legacy, and related topics. It
will offer a forum for the exchange of new research, stories, and memories,
and in doing so will attract and connect community knowledge-keepers,
academics, historians, and others with an interest in the map.
Approximately 100 speakers and participants from the north, Canada, the
United States, and beyond are expected to attend.

*Conference Theme:*
Proposals are invited on the subjects of the Kohklux Map and related
topics, such as:
- Northern mapping
- Tlingit and Athapaskan languages
- Place names
- Indigenous trails, travel, and worldviews
- Inter-cultural communication and exchange
- Protection of Indigenous ancestral lands/traditional territories
- Cultural survival and renewal
- Family connections
- Archival and artifact conservation and preservation
- Coastal travellers
- Skygazing
- The landscape reflected in artistic practice, e.g. Tlingit weaving
- Clan crests

*Learn more and submit a proposal:*
For full details and instructions on how to submit a proposal, please visit
https://www.heritageyukon.ca/call-conference-presentations-kohkux-map-150-years
or download the attached PDF.

The deadline to submit a proposal is *April 30, 2019*.

Please feel free to share this call for presentations with anyone you think
may be interested or through your institutional mailing list.

Sincerely,

Lianne Maitland
*Executive Director | Yukon Historical & Museums Association*
3126 Third Ave. Whitehorse YT Y1A 1E7 | p: 867.667.4704 | f: 867.667.4506
www.heritageyukon.ca | @Yukonheritage | Charitable no. 11930 7924 RR 0001

*inspiring and sharing a passion for Yukon heritage*
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