Mahsi, Mr.
Speaker.
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Mr. Speaker, almost five years ago the National Museum of Scotland, the Tlicho government and the University of Dundee, in partnership with the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, developed an exhibition of Dene artifacts from the collections of the National Museum of Scotland. These artifacts were collected from locations in the Northwest Territories in the mid-1800s and are regarded as one of the world’s best collections from this time period. This exhibition, titled De T’a Hoti Tseeda: We Live Securely from the Land, opened at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in 2006, with pieces selected from the exhibition touring schools in the Tlicho region.
The exhibition was also displayed at the Carleton art gallery in Ottawa for several months before being returned to Scotland, where it was revised. On May 15, 2008, it reopened at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh under the title Extremes: Life in Subarctic Canada. This project and the partnerships developed are an example of how organizations can work together to preserve and share important pieces of our heritage not only with Northerners but with a wider global audience.
Building on the success of this partnership, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is seeking opportunities to work with museums in other parts of the world to bring artifacts back to the Northwest Territories so that we can exhibit them in our museums. Projects of this nature enable us to showcase and honour the rich heritage of the North.
Mashi cho, Mr. Speaker.