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The train from Dunvegan: implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in public archives in Canada

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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was published in 2007. By posing a right to self-determination, the UNDRIP opens a path to redefining Indigenous peoples’ place in the international community. This paper considers how public archives in Canada can address the implementation of the UNDRIP and engage with Indigenous peoples to find new pathways to reanimate and promote the cultures and identities of Indigenous peoples.

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  1. I first delivered this paper as the Head of Archives for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), to Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs (CIRNA) and Heritage Canada on January 14, 2020. I delivered the presentation at the Gatineau offices of Library and Archives Canada. I have also delivered this paper to the McGill University Faculty of Information Graduate Studies program, February 4th, 2021, and to the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information course, INF2150, Legal Issues in Archives, July 12th, 2021.

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Frogner, R.O. The train from Dunvegan: implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in public archives in Canada. Arch Sci 22, 209–238 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-021-09373-0

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