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“Confidential, without prejudice, and under the protection of the February 23, 2007 Mi’kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Framework Agreement” Private & Confidential Using GIS to support the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs respond to Consultation and Negotiations demands from governments and industries

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“Confidential, without prejudice, and under the protection of the February 23, 2007 Mi’kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Framework Agreement”

Private & Confidential

Using GIS to support the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs

respond to Consultation and Negotiations demands fromgovernments and industries

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KMKNO works for the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs

• The Made-In-Nova-Scotia process• Departments: Consultation, Research, Governance, Citizenship• Interjurisdictional operations of Mi’kmaq leadership (federal, provincial, local, industry)• GIS – Research to support Negotiating Team

Respond to requests for consultationData management (historical, cultural, physiographic,

demographic)

Who is KMKNO?

Kelly Peters, Assistant Archaeologist, KMKNO

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What we use

• Base data (at a variety of scales – provincial, county, municipal, local)• Project-specific data (proposed infrastructure, disturbance, etc.)

• Traditional Use (MEKS)• Recorded Archaeological Sites• Historic & Modern aerial photography• Historic Maps (georeferenced)

• Ecological & Palaeoshoreline/Bathymetry information

Geomatics to Support Consultation

Kelly Peters, Assistant Archaeologist, KMKNO

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How we currently use it

• Data management• Perform spatial analyses• Assess ecological impacts (often in conjunction with MEKS)

• Assess potential for archaeological resource impacts

Geomatics to Support Consultation

Kelly Peters, Assistant Archaeologist, KMKNO

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Kelly Peters, Assistant Archaeologist, KMKNO

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• Study use & occupancy over time (how L’nuk lived in Mi’ kma’ ki)• Critical analysis of development of archaeological narrative of Mi’kmaq past to date • Submerged landscapes and palaeoenvironmental model (future research objective – (2010-11)• Archaeological predictive modeling• Archaeological resource impact assessments

All of these projects, except the last, explicitly support the work of the Negotiations Team

Archaeological Applications

Kelly Peters, Assistant Archaeologist, KMKNO

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“Confidential, without prejudice, and under the protection of the February 23, 2007 Mi’kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Framework Agreement”

Private & Confidential

Wela’ lioq / Thank-you

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