Question 1: Prior to today, was your community aware of the MCL Draft Technical Bulletin or the S&G?
YES : 5 (25%)
NO : 15 (75%)
Question 2: Was your community consulted by the Ministry of Culture regarding the Draft Technical Bulletin or the S&G?
YES : 0 (0%)
NO : 20 (100%)
Question 2 distinguishes being “informed” and being “consulted”. Questions 3 through 5 were intended for communities that had been directly consulted by the Ministry of Culture about the Draft Technical Bulletin or the S&G. None of the twenty First Nations communities who responded to the Task Force survey were “consulted”, but five communities, representing 25% of the respondents, indicated that they had been informed by the MCL about the Draft Technical Bulletin.
Question 3: What organization, agency or individuals, in your community, were consulted?
Fifteen responding communities indicated that they had not been contacted by the Ministry of Culture. The councils of four communities and the Heritage Committee of a fifth community were contacted by the Ministry.
Question 4: How and when was the consultation carried out (in a meeting or by correspondence)?
Four communities indicated that they had received a letter from the Ministry. Ministry representatives met with a fifth community but an offer by that community to follow up with broadened First Nations discussions remains unanswered.
Question 5: What did the consultation include?
Echoing the results of Question 4, the Ministry letter received by four respondents informed these communities about the existence of the S&G and Draft Technical Bulletin, and invited feedback. The meeting held in the fifth community included a PowerPoint presentation. There has been no subsequent contact, as of this writing, with any of the five communities.
Question 6: Has your community ever been consulted by a consultant archaeologist or the Ministry of Culture about archaeology?
As with the two previous questions, only 5 communities indicated any prior experience dealing with archaeologists and none of these were from the Ministry of Culture. These contacts were linked to specific projects. Most responding communities, however, have never had any dealings with archaeologists.
Question 7: Is your community prepared to consult with consultant archaeologists, and if so, what organization, agency or individuals, in your community, will be responsible for such consultation?
Virtually all respondents indicated they are prepared to consult with archaeologists. In several instances there exist contact persons within the band administrations who would handle such requests and in others, protocols must first be established and agreed upon.
Question 8: Does your community have a museum, cultural centre or other facility that has been approved by the Ministry of Culture to store and mange archaeological artifact collections?
At present 3 of the responding communities have facilities that could house archaeological collections and a clear interest to become approved repositories, but have yet to receive Ministry recognition. Three others have long-term plans to create such facilities.
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