The communities and individuals who responded to the Task Force survey offered a number of recommendations in the completed questionnaires or in their written comments. The following is a summary of these recommendations regarding consulting archaeology and the First Nations in Ontario:
- That the Ministry of Culture meet the Crown’s “duty to consult”
by
undertaking direct and meaningful consultation with the First Nations
communities in Ontario
regarding the revision of the Draft S&G and Draft Technical
Bulletin to accommodate the
needs and concerns for archaeology that these communities have and, by
extension, the
manner of their participation in the conduct of consulting archaeology
in the
province;
- That the Ministry of Culture provide the First Nations
communities
the opportunity to hold province-wide discussions on both the Draft
S&G and Draft Technical
Bulletin, in order to inform the Ministry of First Nations perspectives
on these two
documents and to assist in the eventual development of Terms of
Reference that may be adopted and
incorporated into the future Technical Bulletin;
- That the Ministry of Culture provide funding to reimburse the
individual First Nations communities the costs resulting from
consultation with consultant
archaeologists as outlined in the Draft Technical Bulletin;
- That the Ministry of Culture promote and support, through funding
and
technical assistance, the development in First Nations communities of
the capacity required
for the sustained management of the archaeological resources within
their
territories. Capacity building should also be accompanied by a
concerted effort on the part
of the Ministry to assist the development in the communities of
archaeological artifact
repositories that meet the standards for approval by the Ministry;
- That the “guidelines” recommended in the Draft S&G for engaging First Nations communities be converted into “standards”, so as to ensure the meaningful consultation of these communities at all stages of archaeological projects: i.e. background preparation and fieldwork.
| BACKGROUND | ACTIVITIES | SUMMARY |
| RESULTS | F.N.RECOMMENDATIONS | TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS |