Tag: Dene

When I go south, I get asked about land claims. Not an expert I say, but here’s how I see it, in strictly non-Indigenous terms. To me, land is something to be owned to live...

Sunday night, I attended the political forum put on by Dene Nahjo at the Tree of Peace in Yellowknife. Moderated by Dëneze Nakehk'o with a focus on indigenous issues, there were the candidate statements,...

I first got in trouble with Rene Fumoleau back in 1984. I was reporting for Native Press and working on a story about Denendeh, a Dene Celebration. It was a pictorial book of Dene...

René Fumoleau died peacefully on Aug. 6, his 93rd birthday, having told his friends not long before that he was happy. Memories of the Jesuit priest, photographer and author live on in his writings, the...

Rene Fumoleau, a well known and respected priest and activist for the Dene people, has died at age 93. Fumoleau passed away in the late hours of Aug. 6 at his final residing place of...

Friends, this book by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen painstakingly and thoroughly outlines 'ordinary Germans and the Holocaust', how everyday citizens in any country are used to further the ends of evil. The part of this historical...

As permafrost thaws and development takes place, the Gwich'in are keeping an eye on their cultural resources with the help of researchers from the University of Victoria. "We've been looking at the overlap between cultural...

  Fred Sangris, former Ndilo chief and community negotiator for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, says a long awaited Akaitcho settlement agreement could come to a final vote by next year as they are in...

The battle slogan proudly proclaimed on Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada materials related to the Giant Mine Remediation Project is “Moving Forward Together.” Maybe it should be changed to “Moving Forward Without You.” That’s the takeaway...