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Press Room Archive
The following archived press releases, backgrounders and
media packages are listed by date of release. You may require the
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(Posted December 18/08)
MGPIF Newsletter December 2008
- (Posted December 17/08)
Dehcho First Nations Consolidated Asset Summary (November, 2008)
(Posted November 30/08)
Posted New Positions in the Employment Section
(Posted November 19/08)
October 2008 Monthly Report
(Posted November 07/08)
In Negotiations:
Dehcho Process Update: October, 2008
(Posted November 07/08)
In Negotiations:
2008 Dehcho Annual Report:
- Part 1 of 5 (17.6 MB)
- Part 2 of 5 (11.0 MB)
- Part 3 of 5 (17.6 MB)
- Part 4 of 5 (17.6 MB)
- Part 5 of 5 (8.0 MB)
(Posted October 29/08)
Fall Leadership Meeting Briefing Notes, Fort Providence, October 07-09, 2008
(Posted October 28/08)
Posted New Position in the Employment Section
(Posted October 10/08)
New Resolutions:
- October 2008 : Resolution 1, RE: Dehcho Process & ADK, Fall Leadership Meeting, October 7 – 9, 2008, Fort Providence, NT
- October 2008 : Resolution 2, RE: Executive Committee Motions, Fall Leadership Meeting, October 7 – 9, 2008, Fort Providence, NT
- October 2008 : Resolution 3, RE: Operational Plan 08-09, Fall Leadership Meeting, October 7 – 9, 2008, Fort Providence, NT
- October 2008 : Resolution 4, RE: Dehcho First Nations Cash Grants, Fall Leadership Meeting, October 7 – 9, 2008, Fort Providence, NT
- October 2008 : Resolution 5, RE: IMB Budget, Fall Leadership Meeting, October 7 – 9, 2008, Fort Providence, NT
(Posted October 10/08)
New Notice:
Grand Chief Schedule October 07 - November 06, 2008
(Posted April 23/08)
Document Posted in NAHECHO:
Dehcho First Nations Master Trust Agreement
(September, 2008)
(Posted October 01/08)
Posted New Positions in the Employment Section
(Posted October 01/08)
Posted ADK Framework Agreement in the Negotiations Section
(Posted October 01/08)
Posted Letter of Response to Open Letter from Grand Chief Antoine from Chief Steven Kotchea RE: the ADK FN Framework Agreement (below) (August 06, 2008)
(Posted October 01/08)
Posted Fall Leadership Agenda in the Bulletins/Notices Section
(Posted September 15/08)
In Bulletins & Notices:
Notice of Amendments: Dehcho First Nations is hereby providing notification to it members that by-law amendments will be considered at the Fall Leadership meeting, scheduled for October 7-9, 2008 in Fort Providence, NWT.
(Posted September 12/08)
In Bulletins & Notices:
Resource Royalties Submissions 2008-2009: The Interim Resource Development Agreement (IRDA) signed in April 2003 provides that the DFN will receive a share of federal royalties from resource development in the Mackenzie Valley prior to a final agreement.
(Posted September 05/08)
Updated Document
Mackenzie Gas Project Regional Investment: Plan for the Dehcho Region (Draft Phase 2 Report) (updated September 2008)
(Posted August 14/08)
New Notice:
Grand Chief Schedule August 14 - Sept 05, 2008
(Posted August 14/08)
New Press Release:
Dehcho Leader Protests Prairie Creek Mine - MOU
(Posted August 12/08)
AGM Resolutions Reposted to Resolutions:
(Posted August 04/08)
Announcement: Dehcho First Nations Leadership
Awards $46,000 to 20 Scholarship Recipients
(Posted August 04/08)
New Positions Posted in the Employment Section:
(Posted December 18/07)
Dehcho to Hold Special Assembly on Grand Chief Issue
FORT SIMPSON, NT – December 18 – A Special Assembly of the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) will be held January 29-31, 2008, to discuss and review the question of Grand Chief Herb Norwegian’s leadership....
Press Release
- (Posted December 14/07)
Dehcho Leaders to Meet over Norwegian Case
FORT SIMPSON, NT – Dec 14 -- The leadershiip (chiefs, Metis community presidents and elders) of the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) will convene a telephone call Monday, December 17, 2007, to discuss the implications fo Grand Chief Herb Norwegian's recent guilty plea and one-day jail sentence for assault....
Press Release
- (Posted July 06/07)
DCLUPC meets to revise Deh Cho Land Use Plan
FORT SIMPSON, NT – July 06 -- The revised Dehcho Land Use Planning Committee met here for first time and exchanged chairs as work got under way with revisions to the Plan which are key to the Dehcho Process of negotiations.....
Press Release
- (Posted June 29/07)
Reluctant Dehcho Extend Mandate to Explore Land Selection
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 28 -- It took many long hours of passionate debate, dozens of proposals and amendments and clear unease among delegates, before the 15th Dehcho Assembly today passed a resolution mandating its negotiating team to continue “exploratory discussions” with Canada on an Agreement-in-Principle (AiP) based on land selection.....
Press Release
- (Posted June 29/07)
Dehcho Assembly Grapples with Next Stages of Negotiations
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 27 -- As the participants in the 15th annual Dehcho First Nations Assembly settled into their seats here today to struggle once again to move forward with the Dehcho Process towards an Agreement-in-Principle (AiP) which will guide their negotiators towards a final agreement with Canada, the mindset of the leadership was clear.....
Press Release
- (Posted June 29/07)
Federal Cabinet Moves at the Last Minute to Extend Dehcho Protected Lands
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 27 -- The federal cabinet extended two land use orders-in-council covering Dehcho land just days before one of the protected areas expired, seemingly timed to influence today’s discussions about negotiations at the Dehcho Assembly.....
Press Release
- (Posted June 26//07)
Youth and Elders Challenge Dehcho Assembly to Unite in Negotiations Process
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 26 -- From the spiritually moving fire-feeding ceremony this morning to the closing drum dance of the first day of the 15th annual Dehcho First Nations (DFN) Assembly, the emphasis of the leaders, elders and energetic youth was focused on one theme, “Defending the Homeland.”....
Press Release
- (Posted June 25/07)
15th Assembly Theme: Defending the Dehcho Homeland
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 25 – Some 500 Dehcho Dene will gather here tomorrow morning under the Arbour at the historic Papal Grounds to begin a week of tradition, culture, serious discussion, and deep decision-making at the 15th Dehcho Annual Assembly......
Press Release
- (Posted June 13/07)
Canada's New Land Claim Policy Has No Effect on Dehcho
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 13 – The Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations has cautious praise for the announcement yesterday by the Conservative government of legislation – yet to be drafted -- to speed up Specific land claims and ease tensions in southern Canada between First Nations and the government.....
Press Release
- (Posted May 15/07)
Dehcho Leader Rejects Resouce Sharing Agreement In Principle as Just Crumbs
FORT SIMPSON– The much-touted Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-Principle signed recently by the Government of the Northwest Territories and four Aboriginal groups is nothing more than “crumbs from the GNWT table,” Grand Chief Herb Norwegian said today. He added that the “pathetic deal” was reached behind closed doors and behind the backs of the Dehcho First Nations who were not even invited to the talks. ....
Press Release
- (Posted May 04/07)
Dehcho Land Use Plan Survives Major Blow: Norwegian
YELLOWKNIFE – April 27 – After almost a year of frustration and extremely slow progress in land claim negotiations, the Dehcho First Nations (DFN), Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories Friday agreed to terms of reference and an aggressive work plan to push ahead with revising the Dehcho Land Use Plan (DLUP)....
Press Release
- (Posted April 18/07)
Media Coverage: Dehcho Press Conference April 4, 2007
CALGARY, AB – April 04, 2007 – Environmental Groups and Dehcho First Nations Meet to Discuss Land Use Plan for Mackenzie Valley "...
Press Release
(Posted April 16/07)
Army General Tells Dehcho Leader No Pressure Intended
FORT SIMPSON, NT – April 16, 2007 – Grand Chief Herb Norwegian was the first person that Brig-General Chris Whitecross, officer commanding Joint Task Force North, met when she arrived in Fort Simpson today . She drove directly from Fort Simpson’s federal airport to the Dehcho First Nations office here to try a “clear up these misunderstandings largely fed by the media"...
Press Release
- (Posted April 13/07)
Troops at Fort Simpson will not be Welcomed
FORT SIMPSON, NT – April 13 -- When the Canadian army lands here Monday for an 11-day mission to “secure” the town’s airport from terrorists, it will not be welcomed by the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) whose territory surrounding the federal airport land is under their jurisdiction, not Canada’s...
Press Release
- (Posted February 16/07)
Dehcho Grand Chief to Meet Ministers over Land Use Planning
Fort Simpson, NWT –The central issue of land use planning will be on the agenda Monday when Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nation (DFN) meets with two cabinet ministers who represent the interests of the Dehcho in the Government of the Northwest Territories...
Press Release
- (Posted February 15/07)
Nahecho Meeting February 13-15, 2007
Fort Simpson, NWT – Elders from various Dehcho Communities met here this week to receive updates on the Dehcho Process and other political developments...
Press Release
- (Posted February 06/07)
No Prospecting Permits on Dehcho Land This Year
Fort Simpson, NWT – There will be no prospecting permits issued for Dehcho territory in 2007. This announcement was made today by Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nation, following a letter, Feb. 1, from the supervising mining recorder of Indian and Northern Affairs...
Press Release
- (Posted February 06/07)
Ecological Value of Mackenzie Watershed far Greater than Natural Resources
Fort Simpson, NWT – A new and more holistic way of analyzing the natural wealth of the Mackenzie River watershed, says that while the GDP values of the watershed’s 1.7 million sq kms are about $41.5 billion-a year, the actual natural capital value is worth 10 times this or $448.3 billion a year...
Press Release
- (Posted January
31/07)
Dehcho Leader Calls for Tar Sands Moratorium
Fort McMurray, Alberta – Jan. 31 – After completing a tour of the Suncor oil sands facilities north of here, Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nations, called on Canada and Alberta to support a moratorium on further development of the massive oil producing Athabasca Tar Sands “until some sanity can be brought into this situation...”
Press Release
- (Posted January
27/07)
Dehcho Leadership Plan for Impacts and Benefits
Fort Simpson, NWT – Dehcho First Nations and Metis community leadership unanimously agreed that they were prepared and ready to take on the impacts and benefits of the massive Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) at a three-day leadership meeting here Jan. 23-25...
Press Release
- (Posted January
22/07)
Dehcho Land Use Plan has Full Support of Negotiators
Fort Simpson, NWT – Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief Herb Norwegian has praised the final draft of the Dehcho Land Use Plan released recently, and said that despite attempts by federal negotiators to scrap the process, the DFN is determined to
keep it going...
Press Release
- (Posted January
18/07)
Dehcho
Grand Chief to Attend McMurray Water Keepers Gathering
FORT SIMPSON, NWT -- As an important followup
to the 2006 Keepers of the Water Declaration, the Athabasca
Tribal Council (ATC) chiefs have convened a two-day meeting
in Fort McMurray to discuss key emerging water issues
which impact the Mackenzie watershed....
Press Release
- (Posted December 20/06)
Dehcho Leader Offers Lump of Coal for Indian Affairs Christmas
EDMONTON, Dec. 20 -- Coming out of a two-day land claims negotiation meeting here yesterday, Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nations, offered a Christmas “lump of coal” to Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice.
Press Release
- (Posted October 20/06)
Alternatives North Report Supports DFN Position on PipelineAlternatives North, a coalition of environmental and social justice groups, released a report today on the economics of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP). The report clearly shows that the MGP will generate huge windfall profits for Imperial Oil and its partners in the project, while First Nations and northern governments will be left with crumbs under the current royalty regime in the NWT...
Press Release
- (Posted August 30/06)
Keepers of the Water Gathering
The greatest watershed in North America, the Mackenzie River Basin is increasingly at risk. Dehcho First Nations, with support from the Canadian Boreal Initiative, has called together all those living and working in the Arctic Ocean Basin to meet in Liidlii Kue, September 5-8, 2006...
Press Release
- (Posted June
06/06)
Dehcho
First Nations Leaders Disappointed with Federal Proposal
The Dehcho First Nations have never surrendered
our title to our lands and our Treaties with the Crown
confirmed that we are the governing authorities of our
land. We have maintained that these realities must be
addressed before we will allow the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline
mega-project to be built on our land. More than 40% of
the territory to be covered by the pipeline is in the
Dehcho...
Press Release
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