Members of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation have given Chief Edward Sangris a fourth mandate as chief. According to preliminary results from returning officer Lynda Commerford, Sangris received the most check marks on the ballot for chief of Dettah with 133 votes, a post he has held since 2007. Former…
A Yellowknife woman is crying foul against Air Canada after she says she feels she was discriminated against due to her Indigenous race when she was removed from a Vancouver to Yellowknife flight last Friday. Rachel Tambour-Zoe tells CKLB that she thought she had paid $150 each to upgrade her…
“We want to be as one.” That’s what Ndilo Chief Ernest Betsina told reporters after the City of Yellowknife supported the Yellowknives Dene First Nation push to re-draw the boundaries between the two communities. In June, YKDFN council passed a resolution supporting the changes. The most noticeable difference would come…
At least 100 Ndilo and Dettah students will be sporting new backpacks this coming school year. The bags are a donation from Islamic Relief Canada and the Islamic Centre of Yellowknife. Fariha Khan is an Ontario physician temporarily working in Yellowknife. She also sits on the board of Islamic Relief Canada. She…
And then there were three. Fred Sangris has officially withdrawn as a candidate for the Dettah Chief in the upcoming Yellowknives Dene First Nation election. Sangris is the community negotiator for YKDFN and has been working on the Akaitcho land claim process. “I was asked by the elders and members…
Members of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation are getting ready to head to the polls this summer. Four candidates are vying for Chief in Dettah. Former Lands and Environment Manager Rachel Crappeau is the lone female candidate, along with longtime Councillor Bobby Drygeese. Former Ndilo Chief Fred Sangris is also…
About two dozen Grade 4 students from Weledeh Catholic School in Yellowknife, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, have a new-found appreciation for the Dene culture after spending two days out on the land. After receiving a $5,000 grant from the NWT On the Land Collaborative, teacher Sonja Hunt rode with her…
Updated on June 13 to reflect the changes to the event Cindy Caisse says the event, which will take place June 15 and 16 at the Yellowknife River, is to help bring closure and healing to the families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Caisse works as…
“(Giant Mine Oversight Board) is concerned that the project co-proponents have not fully embraced and integrated the concept of reconciliation within project operations and planning.” That line appears in the first few pages of the latest annual report released by the Giant Mine Oversight Board. “The project provides a really…