| Collection Name: |
Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement Oral History Project Fonds |
| Repository Name: |
Prince of Wales Heritage Centre. Northwest Territory Archives [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada |
| URL: |
http://museum.learnnet.nt.ca/fond_database/ms-197.html |
| Description: |
In the 1960s and 1970s, a group of concerned individuals began a project to record the legends and life experiences of the Inuvialuit, Gwich'in (Loucheux) and North Slavey (Hareskin) people. Two of the leaders of this project were Nellie Cournoyea and Oblate priest Father Lemeur. To help finance the project, a deal was arranged with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Inuvik, where Nellie Cournoyea was working. The plan provided a small renumeration for the person interviewed to be paid out when the recording was broadcast. The recordings were intended to be used in various communities as research material for school curriculum, to preserve the legends and life stories of the elders, and to help promote native language literacy. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
1013 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Indigenous Peoples |
| ASP Subjects: |
Canada; Lifestyles; Local history; Oral history |
| Other Subjects: |
Committee for Original People's Entitlement; Life history |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0001567 |
