File Photo
A new collaborative heritage awareness campaign is now underway
YUKON – Collaboration between the Government of Yukon, the Council of Yukon First Nations, the Yukon Heritage Working Group and Yukon First Nations creates a new Heritage Awareness campaign.
The new Yukon Living Heritage campaign looks to educate people on heritage resources, their value and what to do with chance finds.
Historic sites, artifacts, objects, fossils, and other remains of extinct plants and animals, as well as landscape characteristics that show a historic interaction between humans and the land, are examples of heritage resources.
If somebody comes across something that appears to have heritage significance, please leave it alone, take a photograph, write a description, note the location, and report the discovery.
People are on the traditional territory of a Yukon First Nation no matter where you are in the Yukon. The Yukon and First Nations governments are collaborating to preserve the continuous tale of our living heritage.
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Ranj Pillai says that this is an important step in Yukon’s legacy.
“The Yukon is rich in history and our heritage is a shared living story that deserves to be preserved and protected. From ice age plants and animals to remnants of century-old human history throughout the centuries, all Yukon heritage resources are an important part of shaping Yukon’s legacy. This campaign illustrates that we are all stewards of the Yukon’s living heritage and that we have a role to play in protecting these irreplaceable resources.”
The Heritage Working Group, a partnership on heritage management with members from 11 self-governing Yukon First Nations, the Council of Yukon First Nations, and the Government of Yukon, established the idea.
