Digital Heritage Governance at Westbank First Nation

Through this fellowship, Nancy Bonneau (Westbank First Nation Archaeology) and Dr Neha Gupta (UBC Okanagan) develop a Web-based map that enables engagement and interaction with digital heritage items in Westbank’s possession. These community-driven efforts are part of Westbank First Nation Archaeology’s broader aims to monitor, preserve and care for heritage within Westbank First Nation’s area of responsibility and build community capacity in digital methods.

The collaboration is funded by the UBC Okanagan Public Humanities Joint Fellowship and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. For more, read our article, Connecting Past and Present: Enacting Indigenous Data Governance Principles in Westbank First Nation’s Archaeology and Digital Heritage.