In addition to wearing orange shirts on Wednesday, students attending K’àlemì Dene School are learning about the effects of residential schools. Annie Casson is the program support teacher who organized the school’s Orange Shirt Day. “We’re the community school of Ndilǫ, so it’s important for the school to be recognizing…
An agreement between three post-secondary institutions is providing an opportunity for more Indigenous programming in the Northwest Territories. On Tuesday, Aurora College, Collège nordique francophone and the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning signed a memorandum of understanding — formalizing a collaborative relationship between the three schools. Kelsey Wrightson, executive…
The territorial government has extended the public health emergency until Oct. 10. There have been no cases of COVID-19 in the NWT since April 5, but a press release says, with record levels of COVID-19 transmission reported in neighbouring areas, the risk to the Northwest Territories is increased. “As the…
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…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation issued a stern warning to houseboaters intending to move into traditional territory. “We take this opportunity to specifically inform and give general notice to existing and potential house boaters with the intention to anchor on our side of the Bay that YKDFN will not tolerate…
The Nunavut department of health is sending a rapid response team to a mine after reporting seven presumptive COVID-19 cases on Monday. The cases are all at TMAC Resources’ Hope Bay Mine, approximately 125 kilometres southwest of Cambridge Bay. The tests are being sent to a southern lab, and if…
The department of Environment and Natural Resources is warning residents of a large grizzly bear spotted near Vee Lake road. ENR is asking any residents to be cautious if walking or hiking in the area and to report any sightings to 867-873-7181. The department also shared some safety tips in…
Although it took over a decade to reach an agreement, Dettah Chief Edward Sangris says he is happy his members can now benefit from the Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve. “We were the last group to sign on, we had some concerns and we hashed those out,” Sangris explains. The…
The Northwest Territories and Alberta are in the process of establishing a traditional knowledge working group as part of the transboundary water agreement. This is according to a report released on Thursday. The report described the Alberta-NWT Traditional Knowledge Working Group’s (TKWG) first meeting, which occurred in January 2018. “Indigenous…
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…