• (Posted June 18, 2009)
  Bill to Expand Nahanni National Park Passed in House of Commons
  The Dehcho First Nations are extremely pleased that the bill to expand Nahanni National Park Reserve passed unanimously in the House of Commons yesterday....

• (Posted May 22, 2009)
  Grand Chief Nominations Announced
  The following individuals have submitted a complete nomination package and the DFN Elections Committee have accepted the following candidates for the DFN Grand Chief Election...

• (Posted March 24, 2009)
  Dehcho Negotiations Rebound
  March 20: The Dehcho Process is back in full swing after a one day video conference session on Wednesday.

• (Posted March 18, 2009)
  Dehcho Economic Forum A Complete Success
  Fort Simpson, NT - March 18: In partnership; Dehcho Economic Corporation (DEC) and Dehcho First Nations (DFN); hosted an Economic Forum in Fort Simpson, NT held on March 16 – 17, 2009.

• (Posted March 03, 2009)
  Elections Process Approved Press Release
  Fort Simpson, NT - Feb 24-26: The Dehcho Leadership has approved the process and work plan leading up to the elections of the Dehcho Grand Chief at the Annual General Assembly.

• (Posted February 09, 2009)
  Dehcho Visions Newsletter - February 2009

• (Posted February 09, 2009)
  Strategic Workshop Press Release
  FORT SIMPSON, NT – February 09 -- The Dehcho First Nations have come out of a three day strategic workshop with a renewed commitment to collectively move forward in their negotiations with Canada. The workshop was held in Ft Simpson last week...
  Press Release

• (Posted August 14, 2008)
  Dehcho Leader Protests Prairie Creek Mine - MOU
  FORT SIMPSON, NT – August 07 -- The Dehcho First Nations has expressed its displeasure with the signing of a “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) on July 31 between Parks Canada and Canadian Zinc Corporation. Canadian Zinc owns the proposed Prairie Creek property in the South Nahanni River ....
  Press Release

• (Posted August 04/08)
  Dehcho First Nations Leadership
  Awards $46,000 to 20 Scholarship Recipients
  At the 2007 Dehcho First Nations Annual Assembly, Leadership accepted the recommendations of the Scholarship Committee and awarded the following scholarships...
  Announcement

• (Posted July 25/08)
  Statment by Dehcho Grand Chief RE: Acho Dene Koe Land Claim
  FORT SIMPSON, NT – July 14 -- Following consultation with the leadership of the Dehcho First nations, the Dehcho Process and Elders, Grand Chief Gerald Antoine has issued the following statement regarding the decision on July 14 by the Acho Dene Koe First Nation of Fort Liard to negotiate its own land claim with the Federal and Territorial governments...
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• (Posted July 10/08)
  Grand Chief Urges Premier to Change Position on Nahanni Park
  FORT SIMPSON, NT. – July 10 -- Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief Gerald Antoine is “extremely disheartened” at the recent position of Premier Floyd Roland opposing the expansion of the boundaries of the Nahanni National Park Reserve...
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• (Posted July 08/08)
  Major Decisions Approved at Assembly Move Dehcho Forward
  KAKISA LAKE – June 30 – It was decision-making time for the Dehcho First Nations. At the 16th Annual Assembly, on the shores of beautiful Kakisa Lake deep in the North’s Boreal Forest – during rain and sun – chiefs, elders and voting delegates from 10 Dehcho First Nations and three Métis locals rolled up their sleeves and worked through a packed agenda...
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• (Posted July 08/08)
  Dehcho Assembly Approves New Negotiations Mandate
  KAKISA LAKE, NT, -- June 27 -- After more than six hours of intense debate, the 14th annual Dehcho First Nations Assembly gave its negotiating team a clear mandate to continue the Dehcho Process with Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories...
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• (Posted June 28/08)
  Nahanni Park Expansion approved by DFN
  KAKISA, NT – June 24 – The expansion and protection of the South Nahanni watershed and national park reserve took a major step towards realization today when DFN Assembly delegates widely approved a resolution accepting the recommendation of the Nahanni Park Expansion Working Group (NEWG)...
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• (Posted June 28/08)
  Dehcho First Nations Interim Grand Chief's Term Extended
  KAKISA, NT – June 24 – Gerald Antoine, for the past five months interim Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, had his term of office as Grand Chief extended by the 16th Annual Assembly here until the normal term of office expires in mid-2009...
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• (Posted June 11//08)
  Apology Deserved, says Dehcho Grand Chief, but Action Needed
  FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 10 --  Gerald Antoine, interim Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, has acknowledged the proposed apology of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Canada’s Indigenous Peoples for the residential school atrocities of 97 years “because it is right” but, in a statement issued today, has taken a tough position that words without actions are simply words...See comments below
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• Grand Chief comments on Apology to First Nations
  FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 10 -- Following is a statement issued by interim Grand Chief Gerald Antoine of the Dehcho First Nations on the impending apology to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada by Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
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• (Posted June 09/08)
  DFN Leadership agrees to defer Grand Chief Election Process
  FORT SIMPSON, NT – June 04 – The Leadership of the Dehcho First Nations agreed on June 4th to defer the election process for the Grand Chief Position pending a decision from the Annual Assembly at Ka’a’gee Tu, June 23 – 27, 2008...
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• (Posted June 06/08)
  Media Advisory: 19th Annual General Assembly
  Kakisa Lake, NT – June 06 -- The 19th Annual Assembly of the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) will have a number of critical decisions before its members when it meets June 23-29 ...
  Media Advisory
  
  
• (Posted May 21/08)
  Process of Regional Elections of Grand Chief Under Way
  Fort Liard, NT – Feb 20-- Regional elections for the Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief took a major step forward at the leadership meetings held here late last week....
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• (Posted May 20/08)
  Dehcho Leaders' Think Tank Begins Bridge to Regional Unity
  Fort Liard, NT – May 17 -- Someone had scrawled across a sheet of newsprint: “Land Management NOT Land Sale.” It stayed there at the front of the meeting room at the community centre here all last week as leaders of the Dehcho First Nations struggled intensely together with issues of regional unity, community fragmentation, the Dehcho Process, resource development, the on-going role of elders and community concerns...
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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...
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• (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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NEWS ANALYSIS BY DFN STAFF

• (Posted June 12/07)
  News Analysis Mackenzie Gas Project May 31, 2007 (June 8 UPDATE): Hugh McCullum
  ExxonMobil Corp., the biggest privately-owned  oil company in the world, has increased the pressure on the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) and the Canadian government even further with an announcement it could postpone the project indefinitely unless significant Canadian taxpayers’ assistance is forthcoming...
  News Analysis
  
  
• (Posted May 29/07)
  Mackenzie Gas Project Future Cloudy to First Nations and Oil Patch: Hugh McCullum
  OTTAWA -- Blazing headlines in some of the national press on the first day of the May long weekend left many oil patch experts, politicians and First Nations leaders in a state of confusion and denial.
  News Analysis