‘Unique and irreplaceable’: Gwich’in culture recognized by national registry
Over 300 boxes and two terabytes of digital information await organizing, a process that will take NWT archivists roughly five years to complete.
A team of seven NWT archivists has a big job to do, preserving over 20 years of Gwich’in knowledge. Gwich’in heritage is being recognized nationally for its “unique and irreplaceable documents” by the Canada Memory of the World Register, a national registry that honours culturally-significant documents. “It’s a big achievement…