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Traditional Knowledge Submission to NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Review Hearings (Lutsel K'e First Nation, February 1996)
13 February 1996Regulatory Filing
The Lutsel K'e First Nation submission to the NWT Diamonds Project environmental review hearings argues that the Environmental Impact Statement inadequately incorporates traditional knowledge and contains inaccurate information about land use, wildlife impacts, and archaeological sites. The submission recommends postponing the project until comprehensive traditional knowledge research is completed with full consultation and adequate time and resources provided to Indigenous peoples.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Development Plans Water Quality
Public Hearing Submission, P.H. 021 b (Yellowknives Dene First Nation, February 1996)
12 February 1996Presentation
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.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Development Plans Closure & Reclamation Water Quality
Submission to Environmental Assessment Review Panel (Erica Abel, Weledeh Catholic School, Yellowknife, February 9, 1996)
9 February 1996Presentation
A fourteen-year-old student from Ndilo addresses mining impacts on the environment and Indigenous hunting rights, expressing concerns about air and water pollution from mines and questioning restrictions on hunting caribou and other wildlife on ancestral lands.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Air Quality
Yellowknives Dene Traditional Lands and Community Trails Map, Presentation to EARP Panel (YKDFN, February 1996)
5 February 1996Map
A map showing Yellowknives Dene traditional lands and community trails in the Yellowknife/Detah area, indicating historical and ongoing use of the region by Indigenous peoples.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene
Fact Sheets, Recommendations & Hearing Transcript Submitted to Federal EARP Panel Reviewing BHP Diamonds Project (YKDFN, February 1996)
5 February 1996Letter
This document comprises ten fact sheets and recommendations from Yellowknives Dene First Nation to the federal EARP Panel reviewing the BHP Diamonds Project, submitted in February 1996. The submission details the First Nation's concerns regarding inadequate community consultation, limited economic benefits despite significant social and environmental impacts, insufficient baseline data, and demands for aboriginal control over environmental monitoring, land rights recognition, and negotiated development impact-benefit agreements before project approval.
Yellowknives Dene Traditional Knowledge Correspondence Monitoring Regulatory
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel Public Hearing, Northwest Territories Diamonds Project, Dettah, Northwest Territories (BHP Billiton, February 1996)
3 February 1996Report
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing in Dettah on the proposed BHP Diamonds Inc. Northwest Territories Diamonds Project, featuring presentations from BHP outlining the diamond mine development near Lac de Gras, and testimony from Yellowknives Dene Band and community members expressing concerns about environmental impacts, land rights, and historical lessons from previous mining operations like Pine Point.
Development Plans Yellowknives Dene Traditional Knowledge
Public Hearing Transcript, Northwest Territories Diamonds Project, Ndilo Session (Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, February 2, 1996)
2 February 1996Report
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing in Ndilo on February 2, 1996, reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed diamond mine development near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories. The hearing includes presentations from the Yellowknives Dene Band detailing their historical connection to the land, treaty rights, and concerns about the project's impact on caribou, water quality, and sacred sites, followed by BHP's overview of the proposed open-pit mining operation.
Development Plans Yellowknives Dene Traditional Knowledge Regulatory
EARP Public Hearing Submission by Yellowknives Dene First Nation Youth, BHP Community Hearing, Ndilo (YKDFN, February 2, 1996)
2 February 1996Presentation
Paul Betsina, a grade 7 student from Yellowknives Dene First Nation, submits testimony at an EARP review hearing expressing concerns about BHP's Ekati project and advocating for caribou and wildlife protection for future generations while referencing his family's Treaty 8 legacy.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Wildlife
Submission to BHP Public Hearing Technical Sessions on Traditional Knowledge, Socio-Economic Effects, Environmental Management Plans, Wildlife & Water (Dene Nation, February 1996)
1996Presentation
Submission P-021 — Dene Nation Denendeh National Office (Yellowknife) presentation by Dene Nation to BHP Public Hearing Technical Sessions on Traditional Knowledge, February 13 1996 (5:00 PM, faxed February 1 1996). Includes the federal Government's Aboriginal Self-Government Inherent Right Policy Guide (combination of self-government implementation with comprehensive land-claim negotiations, BC treaty process, Indian Commission of Ontario, Métis tripartite processes), Aboriginal-group representation dispute resolution, role of municipalities and third parties, and 1901 Order in Council ratifying adhesions to Treaty 8 with the territorial map showing the Treaty 8 ceded area (Slave region).
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Development Plans
Proposed BHP Diamond Mine, Socio-economic Impacts on Women (Status of Women Council of the NWT, February 1996)
1 February 1996Regulatory Filing
Submission by the Status of Women Council of the NWT to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel analyzing socio-economic impacts of the proposed mine on women and communities, identifying significant deficiencies in the EIS regarding baseline data, gender analysis, consultation, and mitigation measures.
Development Plans Traditional Knowledge Correspondence Métis
Recommendations to the Federal Panel Reviewing the BHP Project (YKDFN, February 1996)
1 February 1996Letter
Yellowknives Dene First Nation submits comprehensive recommendations to the federal panel reviewing the BHP diamond mine project, addressing land rights, environmental management, Traditional Knowledge integration, water and wildlife protection, reclamation, socio-economic benefits, and negotiation of a Development Impact Benefit Agreement.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Development Plans
DIAND Submission P.H.019(h): MVRMA Draft Update & Ammonia Water Licence Clarification (DIAND, February 1996)
1996Regulatory Filing
Submission P.H. 019(h) — Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND) updates to Letha MacLachlan, Chair, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, February 23 1996. Updates the July 1993 DIAND submission with: (i) Yellowknives Dene Band "Negotiations Progress for the Yellowknives Dene" maps interpretation as consultation request; (ii) latest MVRMA February 22 1996 attachment; (iii) February 19 1996 clarification on Significance of ammonia levels in water — Q.1 effects of ammonia on lakes (from detonated explosives and ammonium-nitrate loading spillage controlled and managed), Q.2 historical NWT Water Board practice of not regulating ammonia in effluent quality requirements of Water Licences.
Regulatory Water Quality Development Plans
Traditional Knowledge Hearing Submissions, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (BHP Billiton, February 1996)
1996Letter
Letter from BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (Letha MacLachlan, Chair) to Bill Erasmus, Dene National Chief (Denendeh National Office, Yellowknife), February 21 1996, posing questions concerning traditional knowledge. Attachments include Government of Canada Aboriginal Self-Government Inherent Right Policy framework (Section 35 Constitution Act, Charter of Rights), 1901 Order in Council ratifying adhesions to Treaty 8, and territorial map of the ceded Treaty 8 area (Cariboo Eaters, Slave region).
Traditional Knowledge Correspondence Yellowknives Dene Environmental Agreement
Traditional Knowledge and the NWT Diamonds Project, Submission to the Traditional Knowledge Technical Session (GNWT, February 1996)
~1996Regulatory Filing
Approximate date — inferred from filename
A submission by the Government of the Northwest Territories to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel examining how traditional knowledge has been incorporated into the project's environmental impact statement and providing recommendations for meaningful integration of traditional knowledge into project operations, mitigation measures, and long-term monitoring. The document includes guidance on conducting traditional knowledge research, incorporating it into decision-making, and identifying impact indicators for renewable resource harvesting.
Traditional Knowledge Development Plans Wildlife Yellowknives Dene
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
DIAND Exhibit P.H. 019, BHP NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Panel Hearings (DIAND, February 1996)
1996Regulatory Filing
Submission by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND / Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) to the BHP NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Panel, February 22 1996. Covers the federal Crown's fiduciary obligations to Aboriginal peoples (Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence), Yellowknives Dene Band consultations and territorial maps, Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 territories, North Slave region land-claim consultations, Aboriginal economic development funding, and DIAND's intervention policy on the proposed BHP diamond mine.
Regulatory Development Plans Yellowknives Dene
Traditional Knowledge Guidelines for Environmental Impact Statement, Public Record Submission (Ellen Bielawski, February 1996)
1996Regulatory Filing
Fax submission by Ellen Bielawski, Ph.D. (Alaska, 907-258-0446) to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, February 22 1996, on the Public Record regarding Traditional Knowledge Guidelines for Environmental Impact Statement. Argues for Inuit and indigenous Arctic research grounded in landscape, intercultural environmental stewardship, copyright protection of traditional-knowledge records, and improving the published literature base available to panel members.
Traditional Knowledge Development Plans Correspondence Yellowknives Dene
Presentation on the Proposed BHP Diamond Mine, Kugluktuk (Ernie Bernhardt, January 31, 1996)
31 January 1996Presentation
Ernie Bernhardt from Kugluktak presents concerns about BHP's proposed diamond mine, focusing on waste management impacts to the Coppermine River and local food sources, employment sustainability, and long-term social effects for indigenous communities.
Traditional Knowledge Water Quality Yellowknives Dene Closure & Reclamation
Submission to the NWT Diamonds Project Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel (Lutsel K'e First Nation, January 1996)
31 January 1996Regulatory Filing
The Lutsel K'e First Nation submits a comprehensive brief opposing approval of the BHP Diamond Mine project until aboriginal rights are recognized and a holistic environmental planning system is established. The submission details past negative impacts from the Nanacho Lake reservoir and Stark Lake uranium mine, environmental and socio-economic concerns, and demands for consultation, monitoring, and benefit-sharing agreements.
Traditional Knowledge Development Plans Correspondence
Snare Lake Public Hearing Transcript, Northwest Territories Diamonds Project (Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, January 1996)
26 January 1996Meeting Minutes
Public hearing of the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc.'s application to construct and operate a diamond mine near Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, held in Snare Lake on January 26, 1996. The hearing included presentations from the BHP project team on technical, environmental, and socioeconomic aspects, and testimony from Dogrib community members expressing concerns about caribou migration, wildlife protection, employment opportunities, and environmental monitoring.
Development Plans Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Environmental Agreement

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