A critical examination of commercial archaeological practice and the provincial data ecosystem in Westbank First Nation's area of responsibility
department or school: Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Elvidge, Michael Peter
issued: 2024-10-24T22:38:39Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Westbank First Nation, a self-governing syilx nation, and its members have individual and community rights to cultural heritage and have adopted policies regarding heritage management. As the province of British Columbia aims to bring its heritage legislation into alignment with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration), this research critically examines the provincial heritage data ecosystem, its alignment with Westbank/syilx heritage policies and with the Indigenous Data Governance (IDG) principles of OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics), and the closely related data-centered FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. Long-term management and curation of archaeological data is an ongoing area of interest for Indigenous communities, Canadian archaeologists, and government agencies. Recent social developments such as the Province of British Columbia, and Government of Canada’s adoption of the UN Declaration, and the identification of unmarked graves at former Indian Residential School sites, shift scholarly focus to IDG, which centers the rights of Indigenous peoples in the collection, management, analysis, sharing and curation of archaeological heritage. Canadian heritage legislation and laws typically underestimate Indigenous peoples’ rights and interests in governance of their heritage, and often distances them from archaeological heritage. Through focus group discussions, anonymous surveys, and interviews with Westbank archaeologists, syilx Elders, and Knowledge Keepers, and commercial archaeologists operating within Westbank’s Area of Responsibility, this study examines how archaeology and cultural heritage is differentially understood and how these understandings influence the application of provincial commercial archaeological policies, legislation, and best practices. I show that policies, such as Bulletin 17, and …
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note: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF COMMERCIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE AND THE PROVINCIAL DATA ECOSYSTEM IN WESTBANK FIRST NATION’S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY by Michael Peter Elvidge BA (Hons)., Simon Fraser University, 2014 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) (Digital Arts and Humanities) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) October 2024 © Michael Peter Elvidge, 2024 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: A Critical Examination of Commercial Archaeological Practice and the Provincial Data Ecosystem in Westbank First Nation's Area of Responsibility submitted by Michael Peter Elvidge in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts . Dr. Neha Gupta, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisor Dr. Christine Schreyer, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn, Simon Fraser University Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Lisa Hodgetts, Western University University Examiner Sd iii Abstract Westbank First Nation, a self-governing syilx nation, and its members have individual and community rights to cultural heritage and have adopted policies regarding heritage management. As the province of British Columbia aims to bring its heritage legislation into alignment with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration), this research critically examines the provincial heritage data ecosystem, its alignment with Westbank/syilx heritage policies and with the Indigenous Data Governance (IDG) principles of OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics), and the closely related data-centered FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principle…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2024-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0447126
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Gupta, Neha
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89517