{"id":85,"date":"2024-05-28T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/chapter\/legal-frameworks\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:42:13","slug":"legal-frameworks","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/chapter\/legal-frameworks\/","title":{"raw":"Legal Frameworks","rendered":"Legal Frameworks"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Canadian copyright laws<\/h1>\nFollowing the existing intellectual property laws of Canada is usually not enough when referring to Indigenous Peoples and avoiding misappropriation.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Refer to <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/part\/communication-and-collaboration\/\">Module 2: Communication and Collaboration<\/a> and <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/part\/information-literacy\/\">Module 4: Information Literacy<\/a> for more information on Canadian copyright laws.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Understand customary laws<\/h1>\n<blockquote>\"Customary laws that are in effect in Indigenous communities dictate specific rights, responsibilities, and cultural obligations. These regulate what can and cannot be used, by whom, and under what circumstances. In other words, it is not that Indigenous cultural heritage isn\u2019t protected at all; rather, the problem is that many people are unaware of, or choose to ignore, these rules.\"<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Source and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/ipinch\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/teaching_resources\/think_before_you_appropriate_jan_2016.pdf\">Think Before You Appropriate (sfu.ca) [PDF]<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Foundational Canadian legal rights<\/h1>\nThere are legal rights that help protect Indigenous Traditional Knowledges:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laws-lois.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/const\/page-13.html\">Section 35 of the Constitution Act of Canada<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/creativity\/en\/2005-convention\">2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions<\/a>, adopted by UNESCO<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/development\/desa\/indigenouspeoples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf\">UNDRIP [PDF]<\/a>, Article 31(1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Examples<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nThere are three primary documents and laws that help protect Indigenous Traditional Knowledges in Canada.\n\n<a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/part\/ethical-and-legal-considerations\/\">Module 1: Ethical and Legal Considerations<\/a> provides an indepth understanding of the legal issues in relation to copyright laws in Canada.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><em>Constitution Act<\/em>, section 35<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/laws-lois.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/const\/page-13.html\">Section 35 of the Canadian <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em><\/a> can be used to protect Indigenous cultural heritage rights. This would allow for the protection of property for the next few millennia.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Sources and recommended readings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictinc.ca\/blog\/indigenous-knowledge-and-the-question-of-copyright\">Indigenous Knowledge and the Question of Copyright (ictinc.ca)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/transparency\/committees\/inan-jan-28-2021\/inan-section-35-consitution-act-1982-background-jan-28-2021.html\">INAN - Section 35 of the Constitution Act 1982 - Background - Jan 28, 2021 - Canada.ca<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictinc.ca\/blog\/harry-daniels-the-man-who-put-metis-in-the-constitution\">Harry Daniels: The Man Who Put M\u00e9tis in the Constitution (ictinc.ca)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"bigbold\">Section 35 of the Constitution Act states:<\/span><\/p>\n\n<blockquote>(1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed.\n\n(3) For greater certainty, in subsection (1) <em><strong>treaty rights<\/strong><\/em> includes rights that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired.\n\n(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the aboriginal and treaty rights referred to in subsection (1) are guaranteed equally to male and female persons.<\/blockquote>\nSection 35 of the <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> recognizes and affirms existing Aboriginal rights, but does not define them. What \u201cAboriginal rights\u201d includes has been the topic of much debate and discussion, and they have been defined over time through Supreme Court of Canada cases such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/calder_case\">R. v. Calder<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/sparrow_case\"><em>R. v. Sparrow<\/em><\/a>. Aboriginal rights have been interpreted to include a range of cultural, social, political, and economic rights, including the right to land, as well as to fish, to hunt, to practice one\u2019s own culture, and to establish Treaties.\n\nSection 35 also recognizes that Aboriginal rights are \u201cexisting.\u201d The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that this means that any Aboriginal rights that had been extinguished by treaty or other legal processes prior to 1982 no longer existed and therefore are not protected under the Constitution. The significance of the term \u201cexisting\u201d was further clarified in the case of <em>R. v. Sparrow<\/em>.\n\nSection 35(1) applies to rights in existence when the <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> came into effect; it does not revive extinguished rights. An existing Aboriginal right cannot be read so as to incorporate the specific manner in which it was regulated before 1982. The phrase \u201cexisting aboriginal rights\u201d must be interpreted flexibly so as to permit their evolution over time.\n\nThe <em>Constitution Act<\/em> recognizes Indian, Inuit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/metis\">M\u00e9tis<\/a> as all Aboriginals with existing rights, and that recognition has been further defined for each group (as, for instance, for M\u00e9tis in a decision referred to in the article linked in this sentence). Aboriginal rights in general are based on the continued occupation of lands by Aboriginal peoples since before European settlement.\n\nSection 35 falls outside of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and it begins Part II of the constitution. This allows section 35 to be exempt from the \u201cnotwithstanding clause\u201d that applies to the Charter. In other words, the federal government cannot override Aboriginal rights.\n\nIt\u00a0 is important to understand that section 35 recognizes Indigenous rights, but did not create them\u2014Indigenous rights have existed since before section 35.\n\nThe <em>Constitution Act<\/em> refers to Indigenous peoples as \u201caboriginals,\u201d as that was the term used at the time of creation of the Act.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Source and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/constitution_act_1982_section_35\/\">Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35 (ubc.ca)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What section 35 doesn\u2019t do<\/h3>\nThe <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> does not define Indigenous rights under section 35, as they vary from group to group depending on the customs, practices, and traditions that have formed part of their distinctive cultures. Indigenous rights can include:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Indigenous title (ownership rights to land)<\/li>\n \t<li>Rights to occupy and use lands and resources, such as hunting and fishing rights<\/li>\n \t<li>Self-government rights<\/li>\n \t<li>Cultural and social rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nIndigenous rights are collective rights of distinctive Indigenous societies flowing from their status as the original peoples of Canada. These rights are recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.\n\nSource and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/caid.ca\/ConstAct010208.pdf\"><em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> [PDF] (caid.ca)<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>UNESCO<\/h2>\nIn an attempt to provide some protection for cultures at risk from the negative impacts of globalization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\">UNESCO<\/a> (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the majority of United Nations member states have put into force the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which explicitly outlines, defines, and sets forth in the articles the measures and expectations of nation states to help protect cultural groups.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nCanada is a member state of the United Nations.\n\nSources and recommended readings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/legal-affairs\/constitution\">Constitution | UNESCO<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/studiohcanadaresidency.ca\/2020\/10\/21\/the-cowichan-womens-traditional-sweaters-issues-of-intellectual-property-and-cultural-appropriation\/\">The Cowichan Women's traditional sweaters, issues of intellectual property and cultural appropriation. - Studio H Canada International Artists Residencies (studiohcanadaresidency.ca)<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nUNESCO states:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Work in collaborate to advance the knowledge and understanding of Indigenous Peoples<\/li>\n \t<li>Recommend international agreements to promote reconciliation<\/li>\n \t<li>Give Indigenous\u00a0 ways of knowing and being an equal space in mainstream education<\/li>\n \t<li>Maintain and advance Indigenous Knowledges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>UNDRIP Article 31(1)<\/h2>\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-84 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP-234x300.png\" alt=\"Cover of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\">Indigenous cultural property is recognized and upheld by UNDRIP under Article 31(1).\n\nThe article reads:\n<blockquote>Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, as well as the manifestations of their sciences, technologies and cultures, including human and genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge of the properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literatures, designs, sports and traditional games and visual and performing arts. They also have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over such cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions.<\/blockquote>\nIn essence, this article recognizes the importance of safeguarding and promoting the rich cultural heritage and practices of Indigenous peoples worldwide. It emphasizes their right to preserve and pass down Indigenous Traditional Knowledges, artistic expressions, and scientific contributions.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Source and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/ipcaknowledgebasket.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Balancing-the-Narrative-December-2023-DIGITAL.pdf\">Balancing the Narrative: Communications Guidelines for Indigenous-led Conservation [PDF] (ipcaknowledgebasket.ca)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Recap other key documents<\/h1>\nWhen creating and curating with Indigenous Peoples, it important to have an understanding of the governance protocols used by that Nation. Below are a list of governance protocols used by First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis Peoples:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)<\/li>\n \t<li>First Nations principles of OCAP\u00ae<\/li>\n \t<li>Manitoba M\u00e9tis principles of OCAS\u200a\/Principles of Ethical M\u00e9tis Research<\/li>\n \t<li>Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit\/National Inuit Strategy on Research<\/li>\n \t<li>CARE Principles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo learn more, please refer to <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/part\/ethical-and-legal-considerations\/\">Module 1: Ethical and Legal Considerations<\/a>.","rendered":"<h1>Canadian copyright laws<\/h1>\n<p>Following the existing intellectual property laws of Canada is usually not enough when referring to Indigenous Peoples and avoiding misappropriation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Refer to <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/part\/communication-and-collaboration\/\">Module 2: Communication and Collaboration<\/a> and <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/part\/information-literacy\/\">Module 4: Information Literacy<\/a> for more information on Canadian copyright laws.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Understand customary laws<\/h1>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Customary laws that are in effect in Indigenous communities dictate specific rights, responsibilities, and cultural obligations. These regulate what can and cannot be used, by whom, and under what circumstances. In other words, it is not that Indigenous cultural heritage isn\u2019t protected at all; rather, the problem is that many people are unaware of, or choose to ignore, these rules.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Source and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/ipinch\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/teaching_resources\/think_before_you_appropriate_jan_2016.pdf\">Think Before You Appropriate (sfu.ca) [PDF]<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Foundational Canadian legal rights<\/h1>\n<p>There are legal rights that help protect Indigenous Traditional Knowledges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laws-lois.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/const\/page-13.html\">Section 35 of the Constitution Act of Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/creativity\/en\/2005-convention\">2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions<\/a>, adopted by UNESCO<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/development\/desa\/indigenouspeoples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf\">UNDRIP [PDF]<\/a>, Article 31(1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Examples<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>There are three primary documents and laws that help protect Indigenous Traditional Knowledges in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/part\/ethical-and-legal-considerations\/\">Module 1: Ethical and Legal Considerations<\/a> provides an indepth understanding of the legal issues in relation to copyright laws in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><em>Constitution Act<\/em>, section 35<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laws-lois.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/const\/page-13.html\">Section 35 of the Canadian <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em><\/a> can be used to protect Indigenous cultural heritage rights. This would allow for the protection of property for the next few millennia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Sources and recommended readings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictinc.ca\/blog\/indigenous-knowledge-and-the-question-of-copyright\">Indigenous Knowledge and the Question of Copyright (ictinc.ca)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/transparency\/committees\/inan-jan-28-2021\/inan-section-35-consitution-act-1982-background-jan-28-2021.html\">INAN &#8211; Section 35 of the Constitution Act 1982 &#8211; Background &#8211; Jan 28, 2021 &#8211; Canada.ca<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictinc.ca\/blog\/harry-daniels-the-man-who-put-metis-in-the-constitution\">Harry Daniels: The Man Who Put M\u00e9tis in the Constitution (ictinc.ca)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"bigbold\">Section 35 of the Constitution Act states:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>(3) For greater certainty, in subsection (1) <em><strong>treaty rights<\/strong><\/em> includes rights that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the aboriginal and treaty rights referred to in subsection (1) are guaranteed equally to male and female persons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Section 35 of the <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> recognizes and affirms existing Aboriginal rights, but does not define them. What \u201cAboriginal rights\u201d includes has been the topic of much debate and discussion, and they have been defined over time through Supreme Court of Canada cases such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/calder_case\">R. v. Calder<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/sparrow_case\"><em>R. v. Sparrow<\/em><\/a>. Aboriginal rights have been interpreted to include a range of cultural, social, political, and economic rights, including the right to land, as well as to fish, to hunt, to practice one\u2019s own culture, and to establish Treaties.<\/p>\n<p>Section 35 also recognizes that Aboriginal rights are \u201cexisting.\u201d The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that this means that any Aboriginal rights that had been extinguished by treaty or other legal processes prior to 1982 no longer existed and therefore are not protected under the Constitution. The significance of the term \u201cexisting\u201d was further clarified in the case of <em>R. v. Sparrow<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Section 35(1) applies to rights in existence when the <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> came into effect; it does not revive extinguished rights. An existing Aboriginal right cannot be read so as to incorporate the specific manner in which it was regulated before 1982. The phrase \u201cexisting aboriginal rights\u201d must be interpreted flexibly so as to permit their evolution over time.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Constitution Act<\/em> recognizes Indian, Inuit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/metis\">M\u00e9tis<\/a> as all Aboriginals with existing rights, and that recognition has been further defined for each group (as, for instance, for M\u00e9tis in a decision referred to in the article linked in this sentence). Aboriginal rights in general are based on the continued occupation of lands by Aboriginal peoples since before European settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Section 35 falls outside of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and it begins Part II of the constitution. This allows section 35 to be exempt from the \u201cnotwithstanding clause\u201d that applies to the Charter. In other words, the federal government cannot override Aboriginal rights.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0 is important to understand that section 35 recognizes Indigenous rights, but did not create them\u2014Indigenous rights have existed since before section 35.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Constitution Act<\/em> refers to Indigenous peoples as \u201caboriginals,\u201d as that was the term used at the time of creation of the Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Source and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/constitution_act_1982_section_35\/\">Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35 (ubc.ca)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What section 35 doesn\u2019t do<\/h3>\n<p>The <em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> does not define Indigenous rights under section 35, as they vary from group to group depending on the customs, practices, and traditions that have formed part of their distinctive cultures. Indigenous rights can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indigenous title (ownership rights to land)<\/li>\n<li>Rights to occupy and use lands and resources, such as hunting and fishing rights<\/li>\n<li>Self-government rights<\/li>\n<li>Cultural and social rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Indigenous rights are collective rights of distinctive Indigenous societies flowing from their status as the original peoples of Canada. These rights are recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Source and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/caid.ca\/ConstAct010208.pdf\"><em>Constitution Act, 1982<\/em> [PDF] (caid.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>UNESCO<\/h2>\n<p>In an attempt to provide some protection for cultures at risk from the negative impacts of globalization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\">UNESCO<\/a> (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the majority of United Nations member states have put into force the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which explicitly outlines, defines, and sets forth in the articles the measures and expectations of nation states to help protect cultural groups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Canada is a member state of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Sources and recommended readings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/legal-affairs\/constitution\">Constitution | UNESCO<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/studiohcanadaresidency.ca\/2020\/10\/21\/the-cowichan-womens-traditional-sweaters-issues-of-intellectual-property-and-cultural-appropriation\/\">The Cowichan Women&#8217;s traditional sweaters, issues of intellectual property and cultural appropriation. &#8211; Studio H Canada International Artists Residencies (studiohcanadaresidency.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>UNESCO states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work in collaborate to advance the knowledge and understanding of Indigenous Peoples<\/li>\n<li>Recommend international agreements to promote reconciliation<\/li>\n<li>Give Indigenous\u00a0 ways of knowing and being an equal space in mainstream education<\/li>\n<li>Maintain and advance Indigenous Knowledges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>UNDRIP Article 31(1)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-84 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP-234x300.png\" alt=\"Cover of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP-768x984.png 768w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP-65x83.png 65w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP-225x288.png 225w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP-350x448.png 350w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/indigenousdigitalliteracies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/05\/UNDRIP.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/>Indigenous cultural property is recognized and upheld by UNDRIP under Article 31(1).<\/p>\n<p>The article reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, as well as the manifestations of their sciences, technologies and cultures, including human and genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge of the properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literatures, designs, sports and traditional games and visual and performing arts. They also have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over such cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In essence, this article recognizes the importance of safeguarding and promoting the rich cultural heritage and practices of Indigenous peoples worldwide. It emphasizes their right to preserve and pass down Indigenous Traditional Knowledges, artistic expressions, and scientific contributions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learner notes<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">Source and recommended reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/ipcaknowledgebasket.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Balancing-the-Narrative-December-2023-DIGITAL.pdf\">Balancing the Narrative: Communications Guidelines for Indigenous-led Conservation [PDF] (ipcaknowledgebasket.ca)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Recap other key documents<\/h1>\n<p>When creating and curating with Indigenous Peoples, it important to have an understanding of the governance protocols used by that Nation. 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