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---DFN Negotiations

 

 





 

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Negotiations Briefing Notes

(Posted May 01/08)
Ottawa Negotiations Briefing Notes April 22-24, 2008

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Posted April 03/08)
Yellowknife Negotiations Briefing Notes March 25-27, 2008

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Posted February 27/08)
Hay River Negotiations Briefing Notes February 19-21, 2008

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Posted June 12/07)
Yellowknife Negotiations Briefing Notes, Yellowknife, NT, June 04-07, 2007

(Posted May 02/07)
Yellowknife Negotiations Briefing Notes, Yellowknife, NT, April 23-27, 2007

(Posted March 15/07)
Fort Providence Negotiations Briefing Notes, Fort Providence, NT, March 06-08, 2007

(Posted February 12, 2007)
Fort Simpson Negotiations Briefing Notes, Fort Simpson, NT, February 07-08, 2007

(Posted March 02/07)
Edmonton Negotiations Briefing Notes, Edmonton, AB, December 18-19, 2006

 


Annual and Special Assemblies

(Posted July 04/07)
Negotiations Summary Report from 15th Annual General Assembly, Ft. Simpson, NT, July 25 - 28, 2007



See Archives of Past Assemblies...

Agreements

Dehcho Framework Agreement - 2001

Dehcho Interim Measures Agreement (1.61 Mb) - Updated with map on December 07, 2007

Dehcho/Tlicho Boundary Overlap Agreement - 2002 (.PDF 68 KB) - Whereas the Dehcho First Nations (the Dehcho) assert that they have traditionally used and occupied lands extending to the line marked as the Watershed Line on the attached map; and... (.PDF 68 KB)

Dehcho/Tlicho Boundary Map - 2002 (.PDF 614 KB) - October 30, 2002 (.PDF 614 KB)

Land Withdrawals Map - 2003 - Land Withdrawals Map approved by the Dehcho Government February 19, 2003 (.PDF 224 KB)

Interim Resource Development Agreement - 2003

MoU respecting expansion of NNPR - 2003

Interim Park Management Arrangement for NNPR - 2003

Settlement Agreement - 2005

 

Tabled Documents

Documents tabled by the Parties without prejudice for discussion at the Main Table.

Table of Concordance (Tabled by Canada, .PDF 64 KB) - Tabled in Yellowknife, June 05, 2007


Dehcho Process

DFN Chief Negotiator's Report - March 28, 2008 (144 KB)

Dehcho Position on Land: A Chronology of our Mandate (PDF 40 KB) - This chronology and commentary of events from June 2006 until Nov. 30, 2006 following Canada’s new and unexpected proposal on land selection.

Dehcho Process Brochure (PDF 190 KB) - Brochure produced by the Government of Canadato give an overview of progress on the Dehcho Process.

Dehcho Proposal ((PDF 135 KB) - Originally presented to the former Minister of Indian Affairs, The Honorable Ron Irwin March 1994

Dehcho Process Slide Show (PDF 1.3 Mb) - A presentation that gives an overview of the Dehcho Process to date.

Dehcho Special Edition of Plain Talk (PDF 2.8 Mb) - A special edition of an NWT newsletter that deals with land and self-government negotiations.

Industry Update on the Dehcho Process - Recent Progress and What It Means For the Oil and Gas Industry

21 Common Ground Principles (PDF 61 KB) - Dehcho First Nations and Canada were interested in achieving clarity in their relationship. They disagreed on ownership, sovereignty and jurisdiction. They believed that their relationship is best clarified through negotiations based on the following principles.


Dehcho Publications

The Federal Conservative Budget: an analysis by Hugh McCullum (Posted March 22, 2007 / PDF 59 KB) - The following is a collection of opinions from opposition MPs. I saw Blake and Beanington, the pundits on the Hill, Simpson, Don Newman, Dan Gaspe, Tony Clarke and some others


Related Online Resources

 

Alberta Tar Sands Watch - As most of you know, the mega tar sands developments in Alberta are generating serious environmental and social damage and have serious impacts on the Dehcho. In collaboration with several Albertan, the Dehcho First Nations and national support organizations, the Polaris Institute of Ottawa, with input from the DFN, has been callinged for a moratorium on expansion of the Alberta tar sands especially due to the impact on the Dehcho's water and environment from the Athabasca tar sands. Check out the new website at www.tarsandswatch.org and there you will see one of the links is reserved for the Dehcho. This is part of the DFN's growing southern support network tghrough our communications team.


Summary reports of workshops below held in communities on elements to be dealt with in the General Agreement-in-Principle.

Fort Simpson (PDF 82 KB)
(Governance issues - April, 2002)

Trout Lake (PDF 72 KB) (Land management issues - May, 2002)

History of the Dehcho Dene People - Timeline of Dene History in the Dehcho

Treaty 8 - Treaty between the Hay River Dene and the Crown in 1900, signed at Deninue Kue (Fort Resolution)

Treaty 11 - Treaty between eight other Dehcho First Nations and the Crown in 1921. In 1922, Acho Dene Koe also signed this Treaty.

Aboriginal Self-Government - Federal Policy Guide - Introduced by Canada in 1995 to implement the inherent right to self-government.

Gathering Strength - Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan - Government of Canada's response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in 1998.

Dene Law Posters (PDF KB) - Dehcho First Nations

Dene Principle Posters (PDF KB) - Dehcho First Nations

Dene Value Posters (PDF KB) - Dehcho First Nations

Dehcho Land Use Planning (PDF KB) - Dehcho First Nations

South Nahanni River Watershed and the Dehcho Process (PDF KB) - Dehcho First Nations




Dehcho Constitution

Draft DehCho Constitution (.DOC 653 KB) - Draft Document in the Slavey language.








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