The library at the University College of the North Thompson campus has completed its digital archive which preserves audio and video recordings that reflect Northern Manitoba’s Indigenous culture, heritage, and language.

 

The online archive titled Elder’s Traditional Knowledge was completed at the Wellington and Madeleine Spence Memorial Library over a 16-week period in partnership with the Keewatin Tribal Council and through federal grant funding.

 

Campus librarian Monica Mun elaborates on the material that’s a part of the archive.

 

“A lot of the materials have been sourced from a class in early 2000s as part of UCN instructor Dr. Peter Geller’s course that interviews elders. All the different interviews were done by students and a large majority of our tapes were from that class. It also includes conference materials and oral history materials to local Indigenous Elders.”

 

UCN hopes this archive will grow and be an excellent resource for all students, researchers, and community members.

 

Visit guides.ucn.ca/etk/home to access the archive.