Acknowledgments We sincerely thank all of the artists, arts administrators and leaders who took time away from their busy lives, families, and homes to participate in the Cultural Protocols and the Arts Forum. The gathering and this report are completely informed by your brilliance. We respectfully acknowledge all of the invaluable work done across the generations, and being carried out by communities and by individuals to maintain and articulate cultural protocols, and to increase and protect the vitality of First Nations arts, cultures and languages in BC, Canada and around the world. We thank and acknowledge the following experts for conversations leading up to the Forum: Dr. Jeannette Armstrong, Dr. Greg Younging, Tracey Kim Bonneau, Geraldine Manossa, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc. Discussions during the forum were inspired by everyone, but in particular keynote presenters, Peter Morin and Dr. Greg Younging, and all of the panel presenters: Dorothy Christian; Chris Bose; Michael Cywink; Janet Rogers; Denise Bolduc; Nadine St. Louis; Connie Watts; Joe Osawabine; Tracey Kim Bonneau; Sara Roque; Geraldine Manossa, and Shain Jackson. The breakout workshops were hosted by a team of facilitators: Denise Bolduc, Tracey Kim Bonneau, Tracey Herbert, April Ingham, Margo Kane, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, and Nadine St. Louis. We acknowledge that there may be errors or omissions in this report. We have relied on the documentation gathered during the forum by note-takers and audio recordings. We encourage Forum participants and community members to contact us if they can provide updated information about the subject of cultural protocols and the arts.
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Report Development: Debra Hoggan, Cathi Charles Wherry Report Design: Florene Belmore, Randall Gray Photography: Nadya Kwandibens – Red Works Photography Drawing on pg 6: “Forever” (2014) by Connie Watts Cover Art: Basket made by Noeleen McQuary Note-takers: Steven Davies, Debra Hoggan, Anna Tonasket, Odette Wilson Copyright © 2015 by First Peoples’ Cultural Council Printed in Canada: by Fotoprint