Chief Perry Bellegarde stepping down was ‘bittersweet’: Dene Chief Norman Yakeleya
Chief Perry Bellegarde has announced he will not be seeking re-election next summer as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Chief Bellegarde made…
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Dene National Chief concerned Alberta oil sands could contaminate NWT water
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is calling on northern and federal leaders to enforce Alberta to reinstate environmental monitoring of the oil sands. The Alberta…
Dene National Chief advises his people to go out on the land in order to protect against coronavirus
The National Chief of the Dene Nation is advising his people to go out on the land to avoid exposure to coronavirus. Norman Yakeleya made…
Dene National Chief applauds B.C. decision to implement UNDRIP, calls on GNWT to do the same
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya congratulated the British Columbia government for moving ahead with the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
Dene National Chief has “productive” meeting in Yellowknife with NWT MLAs-elect
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…
Dene National Chief ‘shocked’ at Trudeau photo, but maintains Liberal government ‘most progressive’ so far
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…
Dene Nation applauds federal Indian Day School class action lawsuit settlement
The National Chief of the Dene Nation is echoing the positive sentiments of Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde after the federal government…
Here’s how to get your day school records from the GNWT
Hundreds of Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories are taking a pro-active approach to the proposed Indian Day School settlement. CKLB recently came across a…
All systems go on Protected Areas Act; all systems stop on Forest Act
Going into their second to last sitting before the fall election, members of the Legislative Assembly were facing 18 bills with another four soon on…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya ‘satisfied’ with proposed Indian Day School settlement
This story contains passages that may trigger traumatic memories. Be warned before reading. “I was in the day school (in Tulita) when the teacher broke…