The National Chief Norman Yakeleya of the Dene Nation advises his people that he is gone to live on the land and that they should do the same to protect themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are responding to the storm that is coming,” Chief Yakeleya said. “The Dene Nation…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya has expressed the importance of working with Dene people in the Northwest Territories as he sat down with 16 of the 19 MLAs-elect on Tuesday. Yakeleya talked to the incoming 19th Legislative Assembly members about the key priorities and issues facing the Dene in the…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says he was “shocked” and “disappointed” at seeing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface makeup. But he added if you look at the broader institution of the federal government, it wasn’t so surprising. “Ever since the Europeans first stepped on our country, our lands,” said…