Gwich’in Tribal Council Archives

Environment, Featured, News October 5, 2020

Gwich’in grand chief says he cannot imagine a future without caribou

"Our greatest concern is the caribou," says Ken Smith, grand chief of the Gwich'in Tribal Council.

“Without the Porcupine caribou herd, you take out who we are as a people,” says Ken Smith, grand chief of the Gwich’in Tribal Council. “That…

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…

Featured, News, Politics September 4, 2020

Gwich’in Tribal Council elects grand chief, deputy grand chief

Kenny Smith and Kristine McLeod are the newly elected leaders.

Gwich’in Tribal Council election results reveal Kenny Smith will serve as grand chief and Kristine McLeod as deputy grand chief. The preliminary election results provided…

Community, Featured, News, Politics August 7, 2020

Gwich’in Tribal Council announces candidates for its fall election

Neither former chiefs will be running for re-election.

The Gwich’in Tribal Council is preparing for an upcoming election in September. The COVID-19 pandemic “will test the candidate’s leadership,” said in a press release….

Community, Environment, Featured, Health, Industry, News April 29, 2020

Gwich’in leaders call on Canadian banks to suspend financing of oil and gas in Alaska wildlife refuge

Leaders from the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) and Vuntut Gwitchin Government (VGG) are urging Canadian banks to follow their American counterparts in banning oil and…