Dehcho First Nations, N.W.T. gov’t at impasse over land claim – CBC
Mar 09, 2015
Dehcho Grand Chief accuses government of offering an ultimatum without doing any negotiating
The grand chief of the Dehcho First Nations says the Government of the Northwest Territories is asking them to accept a land claim settlement, even though the government hasn’t actually negotiated anything with them.
The Dehcho, whose traditional territory is centred in the southwest of the N.W.T., are asking for control of about 50,000 square kilometres of land in their land claim negotiations, including both surface and subsurface rights.
In a letter to the First Nation, the territorial government, which has taken over negotiations with the Dehcho from the federal government since devolution in 2013, offers 37,000 square kilometres, with only surface rights, as well as royalties of about 18 per cent on the land.
