About Us
The BC Museums Association is proud to receive guidance and support from the BCMA Indigenous Advisory Committee.
Established in 2017, the BCMA’s Indigenous Advisory Committee exists to acknowledge injustices between museums and Indigenous communities and to actively work together to build stronger relationships and partnerships and to decolonize museological practices.
The BCMA Indigenous Advisory Committee is comprised of leaders from BC’s First Nations and from museums that have shown excellence and innovation in working with Indigenous communities. The Committee meets quarterly.
The Indigenous Advisory Committee is a stand-alone committee with a role to champion the Rod Naknakim Declaration. The Committee also provides guidance and insight BCMA Council and staff. Of particular importance is the Committee’s role in identifying and building relationships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous stakeholders to facilitate reconciliation opportunities.
Indigenous Advisory Committee Members:
Member of the Laich Kwil Tach Nation and Campbell River Indian Band (Committee Chair)
Artist, Cultural Consultant, and Hereditary Chief of the Squamish Nation.
Repatriation Specialist
Councillor, Westbank First Nation
Director, Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Project Manager, Animikii
BCMA President and Director, Tribal Journeys 2021 Paddle to Tla’amin
Member of the Chemainus First Nation
Councillor, Lheidli t'enneh
Cultural Activities and Information Manager, Tla’amin Nation
Director, Ta na wa Ns7éyx̱nitm ta Snew̓iyálh Language & Cultural Affairs, Squamish Nation
Director, South Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC
