IND U S T RY P ROF ILE
Kitikmeot Heritage Society
It was ultimately a desire to create more
accessible cultural resources at the
community level that originally gave rise
to the Kitikmeot Heritage Society (KHS).
Founded by concerned Cambridge Bay
community members in the early 1990s,
the group began to document oral history,
gather old photographs and historical
records, and develop cultural learning
materials that were, in KHS President
Kim Crockatt’s words, “not just written in
books.”
The heritage group gained critical
momentum over the years, becoming
a registered non-profit in 1996, and
spearheading the development of a
self-managed facility in Cambridge Bay
(the May Hakongak Library and Cultural
Centre) which houses an integrated public
library, museum, regional archives, and
cultural workshop space.
Young campers learn to harvest and process Arctic char at an annual summer land camp
Sarah Evalik House plucking her first goose during the Kuukyuak land camp
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