Submission to the NWT Diamond Project Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel (Lutsel K'e First Nation, January 1996)
The Lutsel K'e First Nation submission to the NWT Diamonds Project Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel opposes the BHP/Diamet mine project pending recognition of their aboriginal rights, title, and jurisdiction in the Akaitcho Territory, and the establishment of a holistic environmental planning and monitoring system based on self-governance.
- Date
- 1996
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Lutsel K'e First Nation, BHP/Diamet, NWT Diamonds Project Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel, Government of Canada, NWT Power Corporation, Dogrib Treaty #11 Council, Northern Environmental Coalition, NWT Status of Women Council, Dene Cultural Institute, Department of Canadian Heritage, Department of the Environment
- Locations
- Akaitcho Territory, NWT Diamond mine, Lutsel K'e, Nanacho Lake, Pine Point mine, Stark Lake, Lac de Gras, Fort Resolution, West Kitikmeot/Slave Geological Province, Desneehe che (Lockhart River), Tson Kue Theda (Parry Falls)
- Parameters
- aboriginal rights, environmental assessment, water quality, caribou migration, air traffic impacts, tailings, esker destruction, fish health, traditional economy, socio-economic impacts, mental health, traditional knowledge, land use planning, conservation areas, mining impacts
- Pages
- 14
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