Culture

Dene National Chief Mackenzie advocates for national indigenous participation

Chief George Mackenzie has been in Ottawa to discuss treaty rights with other Indigenous leaders


Dene National Chief George Mackenzie has been in Ottawa for the last few days, where he has joined a number of other Indigenous leaders who are calling for the Federal Government to show more respect to Indigenous treaties. Chief Mackenzie stated that the main message he would like the government…

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Indigenous filmmakers shine at Yellowknife International Film Festival

Dene hunting knowledge, Behchokǫ̀ wildfire evacuation, climate change and language revitalization a few of the topics explored


aRTLeSS Collective won the NWT Film Commission’s Northern Filmmaker Award for Behchokǫ̀ Evacuation: Strength and Resilience in the Face of Fire on the final night of the 2024 Yellowknife International Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of nearly 2,000 Tłı̨chǫ citizens who, in the summer of 2023, were evacuated…