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Formal Written Submission to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (Metis Nation NWT, February 1996)
1 February 1996Regulatory Filing
The Metis Nation - Northwest Territories submits a formal written submission to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel detailing concerns about socio-economic impacts, Aboriginal rights recognition, employment and business opportunities, and the need for adequate spatial boundary definitions and consultation specific to Metis communities and interests.
Métis Development Plans Traditional Knowledge
Proposed BHP Diamond Mine, Socio-Economic Impacts on Women (Status of Women Council of the NWT, February 1996)
1 February 1996Regulatory Filing
The Status of Women Council of the NWT submits detailed comments to the Environmental Assessment Panel on socio-economic impacts of the proposed BHP Diamond Mine on women and communities in the NWT, identifying major deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Statement and recommending comprehensive mitigation and monitoring measures.
Development Plans Traditional Knowledge Correspondence Métis Yellowknives Dene
Communications Program & Public Involvement Update, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, December 1995)
15 December 1995Report
This communications program update covers BHP Diamonds Inc. and DIA MET Minerals Ltd.'s public engagement activities from June through December 1995 regarding the proposed NWT Diamonds Project, including consultations with Aboriginal peoples, community meetings, media outreach, and efforts to explain the Environmental Impact Statement to stakeholders across the Northwest Territories.
Development Plans Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene
Communications Program & Public Involvement Update (BHP Billiton, December 1995)
15 December 1995Report
BHP Diamonds Inc. and DIA MET Minerals Ltd. report on their communications and public involvement program for the NWT Diamonds Project from June through December 1995, documenting extensive consultation with local Aboriginal peoples, communities, government entities, and media, as well as progress on community mobilization, Impact and Benefit Agreements, and traditional knowledge studies.
Development Plans Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene
Communications Program and Public Involvement Update, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, December 1995)
15 December 1995Report
BHP Diamonds Inc. and DIA MET Minerals Ltd. submit a comprehensive communications program and public involvement update for the NWT Diamonds Project covering June through December 1995, detailing extensive community consultations, EIS communications strategies, impact and benefit agreement negotiations with Aboriginal groups, and community mobilization initiatives across northern territories and communities.
Correspondence Development Plans Traditional Knowledge Tłı̨chǫ
West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Terms of Reference (West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, December 1995)
14 December 1995Report
This document establishes the terms of reference for the West Kitikmeot / Slave Study, approved December 14, 1995, which aims to collect environmental and socioeconomic information to support informed resource management decisions and assess cumulative effects of development in the region. The study is governed by a consensus-based Management Board representing aboriginal organizations, industry, environmental groups, and government, with research coordinated from a Study Office in Yellowknife.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Métis
Significance of the Land-Based Economy, EIS Additional Information Section 10 (BHP Billiton, December 1995)
~1995Regulatory Filing
Approximate date — inferred from filename
This document provides additional information on the significance of the land-based economy and traditional food harvesting in the Northwest Territories, responding to panel requests for baseline data on country food's cultural, nutritional, and economic importance to Aboriginal households in the context of the NWT Diamonds Project.
Traditional Knowledge Caribou Development Plans Community-Based Monitoring Métis Yellowknives Dene
Comments on the Draft Procedures for Public Hearings (Metis Nation NWT, November 1995)
20 November 1995Letter
The Metis Nation Northwest Territories submits comments on the Draft Procedures for Public Hearings, requesting extensions to the 15-minute question and answer period, publication of late-submitted written statements, and explicit naming of community session locations in the procedures rather than only in newsletters.
Correspondence Métis Traditional Knowledge
Review of the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Statement (Metis Nation NWT, October 1995)
23 October 1995Regulatory Filing
The Metis Nation - Northwest Territories submits a review of the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Statement, identifying deficiencies in the proponent's treatment of socioeconomic impacts on Metis people, and requests enhanced participation rights in the assessment panel's public hearings process. The submission emphasizes gaps in addressing Metis land rights, employment equity, business opportunities, and cumulative socioeconomic effects across NWT communities.
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Review of BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Statement Submission (Metis Nation NWT, October 1995)
23 October 1995Regulatory Filing
The Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories submits a letter and detailed report reviewing the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Statement, identifying significant deficiencies in socioeconomic analysis related to Metis employment, land claims, business opportunities, and community impacts. The submission requests the panel grant them the right to question expert witnesses and comment on hearing procedures, and recommends the proponent address 10 key areas including spatial boundaries, Metis land rights, human resources inventory, preferential hiring legality, and cumulative effects assessment.
Métis Traditional Knowledge Development Plans
Speaking Notes at the Environmental Assessment Review Panel (EARP) Scoping Session, BHP Diamonds Proposed Project, Lac de Gras (Yellowknife Economic Development Authority, April 1995)
5 April 1995Presentation
Speaking notes from an Environmental Assessment Review Panel scoping session on April 5, 1995 regarding the BHP Diamonds proposed project at Lac de Gras in the NWT, featuring presentations from the Yellowknife Economic Development Authority supporting environmentally responsible mining development and a statement emphasizing the importance of economic opportunity for Aboriginal youth.
Development Plans Correspondence Traditional Knowledge Regulatory Yellowknives Dene Métis
Issues for the Consideration of the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel, BHP NWT Diamonds Project Proposal (Metis Nation NWT, April 1995)
1 April 1995Regulatory Filing
The Métis Nation - Northwest Territories submits detailed comments on the Draft Guidelines for the BHP Diamonds Project Environmental Impact Statement, highlighting the proponent's failure to recognize Métis aboriginal rights, land claims, and consultation obligations in the North Slave Region, and requesting specific requirements for impact assessment methodologies, socio-economic baseline data, and mitigation measures across construction, operations, and abandonment phases.
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Issues for the Consideration of the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel (Metis Nation - Northwest Territories, April 1995)
~1995Regulatory Filing
Approximate date — inferred from filename
The Métis Nation - Northwest Territories presents a formal submission to the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel regarding the BHP NWT Diamonds Project, asserting that the BHP Project Description Report fails to recognize Métis aboriginal rights and land claims in the North Slave Region, and requesting that the EIS guidelines mandate meaningful consultation, negotiation, and benefit agreements with the Métis comparable to those offered to the Dogrib Nation.
Traditional Knowledge Métis Development Plans Water Quality
Traditional Knowledge Subject File, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, 1995 to 2007)
1995–2007Letter
Traditional Knowledge (BHPB) binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine (1998-2002). Correspondence between Scott Williams (BHP), Chief Felix Lockhart (Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation), Clem Paul (North Slave Metis Alliance / NSMA), Chris Hanks and Alice Legat (BHP Billiton), Ted Blondin (Dogrib Treaty 11 Council), Red Pedersen (Agency), Kevin O'Reilly (Agency). Includes BHP Traditional Knowledge Funded Projects Summary (Dogrib Treaty 11 Council 4-year project $1,013,640 — habitat/linguistic-pattern research with elders), one-year-at-a-time renewable funding model, Study Manager facilitation role for cross-project standards development, and Status of the Traditional Knowledge Program (workshops on topics of mutual interest).
Traditional Knowledge Correspondence Caribou
Social Justice Ministry Submissions, R.C. Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith (R.C. Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, 1989 to 1996)
1 April 1989Regulatory Filing
This multi-part document comprises submissions to government bodies on northern economic development and the proposed Ekati Diamond Mine, spanning 1989-1996. The Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith argues for an economy based on self-reliance, renewable resources, and community control, while critiquing both the inadequacies of wage-dependent development and the foundation of the SCONE report, then later presenting ethical concerns about the BHP Diamond Mine project including inadequate community consultation, environmental risks, and impacts on families and women.
Traditional Knowledge Development Plans Correspondence Métis

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