The Nunatsiavut Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism are pleased to launch their new website.
Kyle Crotty is the Heritage Program Coordinator for Nunatsiavut Government.
This website was released on Monday, August 19, 2019.
He says this website is a digital storytelling initiative focused on preserving Nunatsiavut’s rich oral history.
On this new website you will find audio recordings and videos of original stories or stories passed down and told by the people of Nunatsiavut.
The idea to start Nunatsiavut Stories began when reading recommendations in reports from previous annual Nunatsiavut Heritage Forums from previous years; (2016, 2014 & 2013).
Among the recommendations, there was a consistent message that there needs to
Be more elder involvement in heritage-related programming in the region.
The plan for the Nunatsiavut Stories website is to feature people of Nunatsiavut through a variety of digital media platforms, including audio recordings, video and photographs.
This connects the Nunatsiavut Government’s (NG) current heritage programming to the activities of the former Torngâsok Cultural Centre, which was regularly conducting interviews with Nunatsiavummiut, and particularly elders, prior to the establishment of the NG.
This work is in response to the expressed wishes and needs of Labrador Inuit, and it will help to ensure that oral history is preserved for future generations and that local stories continue to be an important part of Nunatsiavut’s rich heritage, this is also a great way to preserve Inuktitut, as language revitalization is currently recognized as being of extreme importance in the region.