Dehcho First Nations

Press Room Archive

The following archived press releases, backgrounders and media packages are listed by date of release. You may require the Adobe Acrobat plugin to view these documents:

(Posted May 15/07)
Dehcho Leader Rejects Resouce Sharing Agreement In Principle as Just Crumbs
FORT SIMPSON– The much-touted Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-Principle signed recently by the Government of the Northwest Territories and four Aboriginal groups is nothing more than “crumbs from the GNWT table,” Grand Chief Herb Norwegian said today. He added that the “pathetic deal” was reached behind closed doors and behind the backs of the Dehcho First Nations who were not even invited to the talks. ....
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(Posted May 04/07)
Dehcho Land Use Plan Survives Major Blow: Norwegian
YELLOWKNIFE – April 27 – After almost a year of frustration and extremely slow progress in land claim negotiations, the Dehcho First Nations (DFN), Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories Friday agreed to terms of reference and an aggressive work plan to push ahead with revising the Dehcho Land Use Plan (DLUP)....
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(Posted February 16/07)
Dehcho Grand Chief to Meet Ministers over Land Use Planning
Fort Simpson, NWT –The central issue of land use planning will be on the agenda Monday when Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nation (DFN) meets with two cabinet ministers who represent the interests of the Dehcho in the Government of the Northwest Territories...
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(Posted February 15/07)
Nahecho Meeting February 13-15, 2007
Fort Simpson, NWT – Elders from various Dehcho Communities met here this week to receive updates on the Dehcho Process and other political developments...
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(Posted February 06/07)
No Prospecting Permits on Dehcho Land This Year
Fort Simpson, NWT – There will be no prospecting permits issued for Dehcho territory in 2007. This announcement was made today by Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nation, following a letter, Feb. 1, from the supervising mining recorder of Indian and Northern Affairs...
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(Posted February 06/07)
Ecological Value of Mackenzie Watershed far Greater than Natural Resources
Fort Simpson, NWT – A new and more holistic way of analyzing the natural wealth of the Mackenzie River watershed, says that while the GDP values of the watershed’s 1.7 million sq kms are about $41.5 billion-a year, the actual natural capital value is worth 10 times this or $448.3 billion a year...
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(Posted January 31/07)
Dehcho Leader Calls for Tar Sands Moratorium
Fort McMurray, Alberta – Jan. 31 – After completing a tour of the Suncor oil sands facilities north of here, Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nations, called on Canada and Alberta to support a moratorium on further development of the massive oil producing Athabasca Tar Sands “until some sanity can be brought into this situation...”
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(Posted January 27/07)
Dehcho Leadership Plan for Impacts and Benefits
Fort Simpson, NWT – Dehcho First Nations and Metis community leadership unanimously agreed that they were prepared and ready to take on the impacts and benefits of the massive Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) at a three-day leadership meeting here Jan. 23-25...
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(Posted January 22/07)
Dehcho Land Use Plan has Full Support of Negotiators
Fort Simpson, NWT – Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief Herb Norwegian has praised the final draft of the Dehcho Land Use Plan released recently, and said that despite attempts by federal negotiators to scrap the process, the DFN is determined to
keep it going...
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(Posted January 18/07)
Dehcho Grand Chief to Attend McMurray Water Keepers Gathering
FORT SIMPSON, NWT -- As an important followup to the 2006 Keepers of the Water Declaration, the Athabasca Tribal Council (ATC) chiefs have convened a two-day meeting in Fort McMurray to discuss key emerging water issues which impact the Mackenzie watershed....
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(Posted December 20/06)
Dehcho Leader Offers Lump of Coal for Indian Affairs Christmas
EDMONTON, Dec. 20 -- Coming out of a two-day land claims negotiation meeting here yesterday, Grand Chief Herb Norwegian of the Dehcho First Nations, offered a Christmas “lump of coal” to Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice.
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(Posted October 20/06)
Alternatives North Report Supports DFN Position on PipelineAlternatives North, a coalition of environmental and social justice groups, released a report today on the economics of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP). The report clearly shows that the MGP will generate huge windfall profits for Imperial Oil and its partners in the project, while First Nations and northern governments will be left with crumbs under the current royalty regime in the NWT...
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(Posted August 30/06)
Keepers of the Water Gathering
The greatest watershed in North America, the Mackenzie River Basin is increasingly at risk. Dehcho First Nations, with support from the Canadian Boreal Initiative, has called together all those living and working in the Arctic Ocean Basin to meet in Liidlii Kue, September 5-8, 2006...
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(Posted June 06/06)
Dehcho First Nations Leaders Disappointed with Federal Proposal
The Dehcho First Nations have never surrendered our title to our lands and our Treaties with the Crown confirmed that we are the governing authorities of our land. We have maintained that these realities must be addressed before we will allow the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline mega-project to be built on our land. More than 40% of the territory to be covered by the pipeline is in the Dehcho...
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