The Yukon government’s collaborations with self-governing First Nation were lauded for their opportunities for First Nations to lead their own clean energy projects, including the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation’s solar project in Old Crow and the Kluane First Nation’s planned wind energy project ...
“In the meeting with Canada, we wanted to emphasize to Canada that they have a legal obligation to have a nation-to-nation discussion to self-governing First Nations,” Frost said. She added these conversations need to happen and be respected in order to both adequately and sustainably addres...
Many of the listed communities below are home to self governing First Nations, take the time to learn about the cultures and histories of the peoples land you are visiting. If you are planning your travels in 2020 or beyond, it is always worth reaching out to the local tourism information ...
First Nations started lobbying and entered in land claims negotiations in the 1970s which culminated in the signing of an "Umbrella Final Agreement" in 1992. Although most First Nations have signed agreements, land claims and self-government negotiations are still going on today. The F...
But it doesn't preclude us from looking into the legal aspects to determine whether the Yukon has certain rights even without provincial status. We are forging new relationships with the First Nations. That's a must, because they have the right to self-government and a land base. The two ...
the manner in which educational leadership may be constructed, developed, and enacted by practitioners requires a fundamentally different approach in the Yukon, given that a number of Yukon First Nations, representing many Indigenous people, have settled land claims and established self‐governing agreeme...
One of the notable features of the work that has been done has been the relative absence in those accounts of the Yukon's First Nations people and their experiences. First Nations people are included in the historical accounts but that inclusion is not, in any way, equal to the treatments ...
On the Yukon River and under the northern lights, this town is packed with wild spaces and historic charm.
After decades of state administration, indigenous peoples throughout the world are now succeeding, to varying degrees, in the reimplementation of self-governing institutions and administrative processes. This reorientation has been most observable in the context of natural resource management, where a ...
The project was spurred by a Mining Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2017 between the Yukon government, the self-governing First Nations and the Council of Yukon First Nations. The memorandum pushes for mineral development planning that balances environmentalism and reconciliation. ...