Final report - Integrated Land Management Bureau

Indicator D20: Public infrastructure investment in dollars.
Rationale: Infrastructure is critical to economic development in the plan areas
and investment in infrastructure can serve as a proxy for expected economic
activity.
Data source: Compiled from local government and First Nations government,
regional districts, and provincial ministries (Health, Transportation). No single
existing source.
Desired direction: Increased public infrastructure investment
5.1.5 Culture
PRIMARY INDICATORS
Use of local languages
Indicator E1: Number of First Nation community members in the plan area learning and
speaking tribal languages.
Rationale: First Nations language programs have often linked the continuation
and use of tribal languages with the survival of First Nations cultures.
Data source: Proxy Method: measured through retrospective interviews with key
informants (elders, language teachers) in community.
Desired direction: Increased number of First Nation community members in the
plan area learning and speaking tribal languages.
Use of traditional cultural resources by First Nations
Indicator E2: Number of First Nation community members using traditional cultural
resources for non-commercial purposes.
Rationale: Many First Nations have related an increase in use of cultural
resources to an increased and firmer connection with their culture and traditions,
and as essential for the restoration of community viability.
Data source: Increased use of cultural resources is measured through
retrospective interviews with key informants (elders, tribal leaders) in the
community.
Desired direction: Increased number of First Nation community members using
traditional cultural resources for non-commercial purposes.
SECONDARY INDICATORS
First Nations cultural and traditional resources identified, inventoried, and
protected
Indicator E3: Number of new archaeological studies or Traditional Use Studies
conducted and number reviewed by First Nations.
Rationale: The number of new archaeological studies can serve as proxy for
cultural/ traditional resources identified, inventoried, and protected and is
measurable over time. First Nations cultural and heritage resources have been
impacted significantly by industrial activities throughout most of British
Columbia, primarily because of a lack of awareness or recognition, on the part of
the developers, of the existence of such resources. Over the past 20 years, the
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