Presentation to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel Scoping Session (Dene Nation, April 1995)
Dene National Chief Bill Erasmus presents to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel in Yellowknife on April 5, 1995, voicing comprehensive concerns from the Dene Nation regarding the proposed diamond mine development near Lac de Gras, including unresolved land ownership issues, inadequate aboriginal participation funding, impacts on traditional lands and wildlife, and demands for meaningful consultation with First Nations in the environmental review process.
- Date
- 1995-04-05
- Document type
- presentation
- Parties
- Dene Nation, Bill Erasmus, BHP Diamond Mine, Environmental Assessment Panel, Yellowknives Dene Band, Chiefs Jonas Sangris, Chief Darrell Beaulieu, Treaty 8 Tribal Council, Dogrib Treaty 11, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Chief Antoine Michel, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Assembly of First Nations, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Environment Canada, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd, Honourable Ronald Irwin, Honourable Sheila Copps
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Denendeh, Lac de Gras, Ottawa, North West Territories, Dettah, Ndilo, Lutsel K'e, Canadian South
- Parameters
- aboriginal rights, land ownership, environmental assessment, water quality, hydrology, lake drainage, caribou abundance, wildlife use, endangered species, traditional knowledge, archaeological artifacts, socio-economic impacts, royalties, dust minimization, winter road degradation, cumulative environmental effects, traditional ecological knowledge, social degradation, aboriginal hiring
- Pages
- 24
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