LOUIS Heritage

Part of LOUIS Lands — map-based interviews and archive for traditional land use and community knowledge, under your community's governance and OCAP® principles.

Steward traditional knowledge on the map

LOUIS Heritage supports in-person, map-based interviews — capturing traditional land use, ecological knowledge, and cultural sites with spatial precision.

Records stay in an archive your community controls, ready for education, environmental programs, and consultation when paired with LOUIS Planner.

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Lands staff working with mapped community knowledge records

Key Features

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Map-Based Interviews

Conduct in-person interviews with elders and knowledge holders, capturing spatial information directly on maps.

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Traditional Use Sites

Document hunting, fishing, gathering, and cultural sites with precise locations and detailed attributes.

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Multimedia Archive

Store and organize audio recordings, video interviews, photographs, and documents in one secure location.

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Species & Habitat Profiles

Document traditional ecological knowledge about plants, animals, and their habitats.

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Full-Text Search

Find information quickly with powerful search across all documents, interviews, and records.

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Data sovereignty & OCAP®

Your community maintains ownership and control over traditional knowledge — with access rules aligned to OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession) principles.

Lands staff reviewing mapped traditional use areas in the field

Part of LOUIS Lands

Heritage and Planner together form the LOUIS Lands bundle for Indigenous lands departments.

  • Use documented traditional use sites to assess consultation referrals

  • Analyze potential impacts of proposed developments

  • Generate evidence-based responses to referrals

Learn About LOUIS Planner

See LOUIS Heritage for your community

Request a demo — we'll walk through map-based interviews and knowledge archive with realistic examples. Training will be delivered using your data.