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Press Releases and News Analysis
PRESS RELEASES
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- (Posted May 05/08)
Annual DFN Assembly to be held at Kakisa Lake June 22 - 29, 2008
Fort Simpson, NT – May 5 -- The 2008 annual Assembly of the Dehcho First Nations will be held at Kakisa Lake in the Ka’a’gee First Nation from June 22 to 29...
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- (Posted April 07/08)
Dehcho Leaders Set Strategies in Motion for June Assembly
HAY RIVER, NT – April 7 -- With one of the most critical Assemblies in its history coming up in just over two months, the leadership of the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) spent four days here last week planning strategies and actions to prepare the membership for their June Assembly at Kakisa Lake.
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- (Posted April 01/08)
Former NWT Premier, Jim Antoine joins Dehcho Negotiating Team
FORT SIMPSON, NT – March 31 -- The Dehcho First Nations has announced the appointment of a well-known and widely experienced leader to the Dehcho Process negotiating team...
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- (Posted February 27/08)
Grand Chief Gerald Antoine Congratulates NWT Legislature for Support of the UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples
FORT SIMPSON, NT – Feb. 26 -- The interim Grand Chief of Dehcho First Nations (DFN). Gerald Antoine, issued a statement today congratulating MLAs for their unanimous support last week of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Following is the text of his statement...
Press Release
- (Posted February 19/08)
Canada's Abusive Relationship with Indigenous People: A Profile of Dehcho First Nation's Interim Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine
FORT SIMPSON, NT – Feb. 14 --The newly selected Interim Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) has no illusions about the problems and divisions he and his people face in the next few months, leading up to a summer General Assembly and an elected person to lead the on-going struggle with Canada for their indigenoous rights...
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- (Posted February 08/08)
DFN Leaders Select Interim Grand Chief
FORT SIMPSON, NT – Feb. 8 – Dehcho broadcaster and former Grand Chief Gerry Antoine has been selected as the interim Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations (See adopted Resolution)....
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- (Posted February 01/08)
DFN Removes Norwegian; Acting Grand Chief to be Appointed
FORT SIMPSON, NT – January 31, 2008 – Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, was removed from office with immediate effect on Wednesday by an almost unanimous decision of voting delegates to a Special Assembly meeting here....
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- (Posted December 18/07)
Dehcho to Hold Special Assembly on Grand Chief Issue
FORT SIMPSON, NT – December 18 – A Special Assembly of the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) will be held January 29-31, 2008, to discuss and review the question of Grand Chief Herb Norwegian’s leadership....
Press Release
- (Posted December 14/07)
Dehcho Leaders to Meet over Norwegian Case
FORT SIMPSON, NT – Dec 14 -- The leadershiip (chiefs, Metis community presidents and elders) of the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) will convene a telephone call Monday, December 17, 2007, to discuss the implications fo Grand Chief Herb Norwegian's recent guilty plea and one-day jail sentence for assault....
Press Release
- (Posted July 06/07)
DCLUPC meets to revise Deh Cho Land Use Plan
FORT SIMPSON, NT – July 06 -- The revised Dehcho Land Use Planning Committee met here for first time and exchanged chairs as work got under way with revisions to the Plan which are key to the Dehcho Process of negotiations.....
Press Release
- (Posted June 29/07)
Reluctant Dehcho Extend Mandate to Explore Land Selection
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 28 -- It took many long hours of passionate debate, dozens of proposals and amendments and clear unease among delegates, before the 15th Dehcho Assembly today passed a resolution mandating its negotiating team to continue “exploratory discussions” with Canada on an Agreement-in-Principle (AiP) based on land selection.....
Press Release
- (Posted June 29/07)
Dehcho Assembly Grapples with Next Stages of Negotiations
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 27 -- As the participants in the 15th annual Dehcho First Nations Assembly settled into their seats here today to struggle once again to move forward with the Dehcho Process towards an Agreement-in-Principle (AiP) which will guide their negotiators towards a final agreement with Canada, the mindset of the leadership was clear.....
Press Release
- (Posted June 29/07)
Federal Cabinet Moves at the Last Minute to Extend Dehcho Protected Lands
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 27 -- The federal cabinet extended two land use orders-in-council covering Dehcho land just days before one of the protected areas expired, seemingly timed to influence today’s discussions about negotiations at the Dehcho Assembly.....
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- (Posted June 29/07)
Youth and Elders Challenge Dehcho Assembly to Unite in Negotiations Process
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 26 -- From the spiritually moving fire-feeding ceremony this morning to the closing drum dance of the first day of the 15th annual Dehcho First Nations (DFN) Assembly, the emphasis of the leaders, elders and energetic youth was focused on one theme, “Defending the Homeland.”....
Press Release
- (Posted June 25/07)
15th Assembly Theme: Defending the Dehcho Homeland
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 25 –Some 500 Dehcho Dene will gather here tomorrow morning under the Arbour at the historic Papal Grounds to begin a week of tradition, culture, serious discussion, and deep decision-making at the 15th Dehcho Annual Assembly......
Press Release
- (Posted June 13/07)
Canada's New Land Claim Policy Has No Effect on Dehcho
FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 13 – The Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations has cautious praise for the announcement yesterday by the Conservative government of legislation – yet to be drafted -- to speed up Specific land claims and ease tensions in southern Canada between First Nations and the government.....
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- (Posted April 18/07)
Media Coverage: Dehcho Press Conference April 4, 2007
CALGARY, AB – April 04, 2007 – Environmental Groups and Dehcho First Nations Meet to Discuss Land Use Plan for Mackenzie Valley "...
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- (Posted April 16/07)
Army General Tells Dehcho Leader No Pressure Intended
FORT SIMPSON, NT – April 16, 2007 – Grand Chief Herb Norwegian was the first person that Brig-General Chris Whitecross, officer commanding Joint Task Force North, met when she arrived in Fort Simpson today . She drove directly from Fort Simpson’s federal airport to the Dehcho First Nations office here to try a “clear up these misunderstandings largely fed by the media"...
Press Release
- (Posted April 13/07)
Troops at Fort Simpson will not be Welcomed
FORT SIMPSON, NT – April 13 -- When the Canadian army lands here Monday for an 11-day mission to “secure” the town’s airport from terrorists, it will not be welcomed by the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) whose territory surrounding the federal airport land is under their jurisdiction, not Canada’s...
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NEWS ANALYSIS BY DFN STAFF
This news analysis by DFN Staff is not a Dehcho First Nations news release and is not for attribution to DFN. It is posted just for your information.
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