Heritage policy landscapes of Nunatsiavut: approaching the development of historic resource management policy and law in Northern Labrador ...

• Main Author: Brake, Jamie E. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2024
• Subjects: inuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48336/zwj1-fx33; https://research.library.mun.ca/15902/

As a result of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement (being schedule to SNL 2004, c L-3.1) and the Nunatsiavut Government Organization Order (NGSL-2019-07) the Nunatsiavut Government (NG) has the power to develop and implement heritage policy and law. An approach to the development of recommendations for heritage policy and law in the region involving critical use of the Nunatsiavut Government’s policy cycle and public engagement is outlined in this dissertation. The research presented here was conducted through the lens of landscape archaeology which can accommodate multiple perspectives, and which can help bridge theoretical and ontological divides. Relevant discussions that took place during annual regional heritage forums from 2010-2018, and during three public engagement tours on heritage that took place between 2017 and 2019 were thematically reviewed using qualitative data analysis software. The results were then compared to the results of a review of international heritage agreements and Canadian ...