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However, in many places, Parks Canada’s actions have cut or severely altered Indigenous Peoples’ long-standing relationships and sacred responsibilities for the lands, water and ice that have determined their identities and influenced their cultures and languages.</p></p> </div>  </div>   <div class="container">    <div id="wb-cont-4"> <p><section class="gc-srvinfo col-md-12 mrgn-bttm-xl mrgn-tp-lg"> <div class="wb-eqht row wb-init"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 90px;"> <h3><a href="https://parks.canada.ca/agence-agency/aa-ia/onu-declaration-un">United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act</a></h3> <p>Parks Canada is implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through an Indigenous stewardship framework.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 90px;"> <h3><a href="https://parks.canada.ca/agence-agency/dp-pd/trm-mrt/2023/rapport-report#section-6-2">2023 Minister’s Round Table on Parks Canada: Report and response </a></h3> <p>Read the Report and Response on Indigenous stewardship of protected heritage places.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 90px;"> <h3><a href="https://parks.canada.ca/culture/autochtones-indigenous/conseil-council">Indigenous Cultural Heritage Advisory Council</a></h3> <p>The Indigenous Cultural Heritage Advisory Council advises Parks Canada on cultural heritage-related projects or initiatives.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 90px;"> <h3><a href="https://parks.canada.ca/agence-agency/aa-ia/parcours-pathways">Promising Pathways</a></h3> <p>A resource guide for Parks Canada team members and those building and managing relationships with Indigenous Peoples.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 90px;"> <h3><a href="https://parks.canada.ca/agence-agency/aa-ia/terre-land">The Land is Our Teacher</a></h3> <p>Reflections and stories on working with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers to manage heritage places.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 90px;"> <h3><a href="https://parks.canada.ca/agence-agency/aa-ia/politique-policy">Indigenous Stewardship Policy</a></h3> <p>Read the full policy or a shorter summary, and learn how engagement shaped the policy.</p> </div> </div> </section> <p>Parks Canada is expanding and deepening its relationships with First Nation, Métis, and Inuit communities across the country. An important part of this work has been the development of an Indigenous stewardship framework.</p> <section class="mrgn-tp-lg mrgn-bttm-lg"> <p><strong>The Indigenous stewardship framework is about:</strong></p> <ul> <li>honouring relationships</li> <li>empowering Indigenous voices</li> <li>supporting Indigenous leadership and self-determination</li> <li>respecting Indigenous rights, Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous knowledge systems</li> <li>building a more equitable and sustainable future for generations to come</li> </ul> </section> <p>The framework reflects what Parks Canada has heard from Indigenous Peoples on what is needed to support Indigenous connections with protected lands, waters, and ice within their traditional territories, treaty lands and ancestral homelands. It includes elements intended to support Indigenous Peoples and Parks Canada in working together to conserve nature and culture. </p> <div class="row mrgn-tp-xl mrgn-bttm-xl"> <div class="col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-3"> <img alt="Indigenous Stewardship Framework, text version follows" src="https://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/agence-agency/aa-ia/politique-policy/complete/indigenous-stewardship-circle-675.jpg" class="img-responsive"> <div class="accordion mrgn-tp-lg"> <details class="acc-group"> <summary class="wb-toggle tgl-tab" data-toggle='{"parent": ".accordion", "group": ".acc-group"}'>Image description</summary> <div class="tgl-panel"> <p class="mrgn-tp-lg"><strong>Green elements:</strong> these four interconnected elements are understood to be central components of Indigenous stewardship. They include Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous knowledge systems; shared governance; cultural continuity; and economic opportunities.</p> <p><strong>Blue elements:</strong> these three elements are considered to be foundations for Indigenous stewardship: broader efforts to build and maintain strong relationships between Indigenous Peoples and Parks Canada; a willingness to work with Indigenous Peoples to examine Parks Canada’s past and acknowledge, apologize for, and redress those actions that have impacted Indigenous Peoples; and learning and understanding among Parks Canada employees and visitors of the rights, roles and responsibilities of Indigenous Peoples in the stewardship of lands, waters and ice. </p> </div> </details> </div> </div> </div> <p>A diverse group of Indigenous leaders guided the overall development of the framework. Formed in February 2023, the <a href="https://parks.canada.ca/culture/autochtones-indigenous/cercle-circle">Indigenous Stewardship Circle</a> (the Circle) is an advisory body composed of First Nations, Inuit and Métis rights holders. This includes modern treaty signatories, self-governing nations, and historic treaty partners, as well as national and regional Indigenous organizations. The Circle meets regularly to discuss and advance work related to Indigenous stewardship. At its core, the intent of this work is to advance reconciliation and support the implementation of the <a href="https://justice.gc.ca/eng/declaration/index.html">United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples</a>.</p></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container"> </div> <div class="container">  <p></p>   <p></p>         <script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> </div> <div class="container">  <div id="wb-cont-5"> <p><div class="well mrgn-tp-xl mrgn-bttm-md" style="padding: 1.5em;"> <div style="display: flex; align-items: baseline; "> <div style="transform: translateY(2px);"> <i class="fa-solid fa-envelope fa-xl"></i> </div> <div> <p class="mrgn-lft-md mrgn-bttm-0"><span class="h4">For more information contact Parks Canada’s Indigenous Stewardship team</span> <br /> <a href="mailto:intendanceautochtone-indigenousstewardship@pc.gc.ca">intendanceautochtone-indigenousstewardship@pc.gc.ca</a> <br /> </p> </div> </div> </div>  </p> </div>  </div> <div 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