Public Hearing Submission, P.H. 021 b (Yellowknives Dene First Nation, February 1996)
This document contains Yellowknives Dene First Nation presentations to the EARP (Environmental Assessment Review Panel) hearing on February 12, 1996, regarding the BHP diamond mine project, along with a NWT Treaty 8 Tribal Council analysis of the proposed Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (MVRMA). The Yellowknives Dene assert their traditional land use rights, demand settlement of Treaty entitlements before mine development proceeds, and express concerns about impacts to land, water, wildlife, and caribou migration. The Treaty 8 analysis argues that the MVRMA violates Treaty and aboriginal rights by imposing federal governance structures over unceded Dene territory without consent.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Chief Jonas Sangris, Chief Darrell Beaulieu, BHP, NWT Treaty 8 Tribal Council, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Gwich'in, Sahtu Dene and Métis, Dogrib Nation, Grand Chief Joe Rabesca, Kennecott, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Denínu Kué First Nation, Federal Cabinet
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife Bay, Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife River, Barrenlands, Coppermine River, Mackay Lake, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Fort Resolution, Contwoyto Lake, Nunavut, Dettah, Ndilo, Enodah, Trout Rock, Boundary Creek, Akaitcho Bay, Latham Island, Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Valley, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Wood Buffalo National Park
- Parameters
- land rights, Treaty entitlements, water quality, caribou migration, fish and bird populations, traditional land use, impact benefits, royalties, reclamation, resource management, environmental monitoring, land use planning, water regulation, permitting
- Pages
- 24
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