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Community, Featured, News October 13, 2020

Gwich’in Elder’s son has ‘mixed feelings’ taking over father’s 25-year char monitoring legacy

These traditional skills are dying, says Fred Carmichael.


Like father, like son, or so the saying goes. Since John Carmichael’s recent retirement from the Gwich’in Renewable Resources Boards’ char monitoring program, his eldest son Harry Carmichael has taken over. “He taught me everything I know,” says Harry Carmichael, John’ son, but “I’ll probably never have the fishing knowledge…

Community, Featured, News, Politics October 7, 2020

Darryl Marlowe re-elected as LKDFN chief

Darryl Marlowe received 179 votes to Stephanie Poole’s 58 to be re-elected as chief of the Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation. Eligible voters could cast their ballots in person in the community and in Yellowknife. They could also vote online. The election was called in early September, following a months-long…

Community, Featured, Industry, News October 6, 2020

How comfortable are you with future tourists? NWT Tourism wants to know

Researchers say they want survey participants to be "representative" of the NWT population.


NWT Tourism wants to kickstart the tourism industry and rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic… if the time is right. The organization has hired research firm Leger to conduct phone surveys and get feedback from residents on whether they feel ready to receive visitors in their community. Residents who participate will…

Community, Featured, News September 30, 2020

Behchokǫ̀ Tree of Honour ceremony first of many to remember missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

‘Enough is enough’ says Jane Weyallon, president of the Native Women’s Association of the NWT. 


Two dozen people gathered near the cemetery in Behchokǫ̀ yesterday to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Yesterday’s gathering was the first of six upcoming Tree of Honour ceremonies across the territory hosted by the Status of Women Council of the NWT. “This is not a way of…

Community, Education, Featured, News September 29, 2020

Tłı̨chǫ Government creates interactive map showcasing traditional trails

This is, "the ability to experience something old, traditional and ancestral in a new high tech way," says Jay Bulckaert, co-producer and videographer.


The Tłı̨chǫ Government has funded a special project aimed at bringing new technology to ancient stories. Paul Cressman, program development officer for the Tłı̨chǫ government says he was inspired by the pandemic and the lack of social gatherings permitted across the country. “We can’t afford to wait, we need to…

Community, Education, Featured, News September 25, 2020

17 students get bursaries from Hotıì ts’eeda

Seventeen students, including 14 Indigenous youth, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are getting a helping hand from Hotıì ts’eeda. Tommy Blake is one of the bursary recipients. Originally from Fort McPherson, he is studying Indigenous Social Work and has been living in Red Deer throughout the pandemic. He says being…

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Community, Featured, Industry, Life Style, News, Politics September 24, 2020

Gwich’in Tribal Council supports Mi’kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia

Newly-elected Gwich’in Grand Chief Ken Smith has thrown his support behind Mi’kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia exercising their “inherent and constitutionally protected” treaty rights. In a statement on Thursday, the Gwich’in Tribal Council said it stood in solidarity with the Sipekne’katik First Nation. A conflict between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers…