Traditional Knowledge Study of Ek'ati (YKDFN, 1997)
This 1997 traditional knowledge study documents the history, territory, and environmental knowledge of the Weledeh Yellowknives Dene First Nation regarding Ek'ati (Lac de Gras), an area planned for diamond mining development. The report includes extensive recommendations for minimizing mining impacts on ancestral sites, water resources, wildlife, and the people's continued use of their traditional lands.
- Date
- 1997
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Weledeh Yellowknives Dene, BHP, Diavik, Canadian government, Kennecott
- Locations
- Ek'ati, Lac de Gras, Great Slave Lake, Weledeh-Cheh, Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilo, Coppermine River, Contwoyto Lake, Mackay Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Thelon River, Weledeh River, Yellowknife River, Northwest Territories, Denendeh, Akaitcho Territory
- Parameters
- caribou migration, fish spawning grounds, water quality, traditional land use, mining impacts, diamond mining, gold mining, habitat damage, wildlife protection, ancestral sites, burial sites, dust contamination, water flow and levels, fuel spills, acid drainage, salt drainage, wildlife habitat, fish habitat, animal populations
- Pages
- 181
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