Regalia Exhibition Created by Interns of the Aboriginal Training Programme in Museum Practices
Gatineau, Quebec, April 20, 2005 — The Canadian Museum of Civilization is recognizing the achievements of interns who completed the 2004–2005 Aboriginal Training Programme in Museum Practices (ATPMP) by showcasing a special project they created. The showcase project Regalia: A Celebration of Dress and Ceremony will be presented in the Southern Salon from April 20, 2005 until April 2007.
Regalia: A Celebration of Dress and Ceremony displays various types of regalia worn by Aboriginal people in different ceremonies, and aims to present the similarities from an Aboriginal point of view. Regalia such as moccasins, dance aprons, and leggings are common to all of Canada’s First Peoples, as is the use of animal hide, beads, feathers, shells, bones, bark and paints made from natural sources. These garments may also be decorated with trade beads, fringes, abalone buttons, puffin bills, dentalia shells, deer hooves and cedar bark.
Three interns have successfully completed their internship and have acquired new skills in museum practices. They are Peter Webster, Baker Lake (Nunavut); Stan Smith, Ehattesaht First Nation (British Columbia); and Deborah Good, Gitanyow First Nation (British Columbia). As part of their training, participants create a special project that is shown in the Museum. Another intern, Lisa Levi, Elsipogtog First Nation (New Brunswick), also participated in the project.
The interns received their certificates from the hands of Dr. Victor Rabinovitch, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, during a ceremony held today in the presence of friends, family and colleagues.
The Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC) established the ATPMP in September 1993, in response to recommendations contained in the 1992 Task Force Report on Museums and First Peoples. Since its inception, the CMCC Training Programme has enabled 64 Aboriginal trainees to further upgrade their knowledge of museum practices, including the current group.
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