Dehcho First Nations to resume land claims negotiations with Canada and GNWT – CBC

Jul 06, 2022

Negotiations stalled in 2014, but parties are revisiting Agreement in Principle for first time since

After an eight year delay, the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) is resuming Dehcho land claim negotiations with Canada and the government of the Northwest Territories.

The First Nations’ lawyer Chris Reid made the announcement at the 29th Dehcho Annual Assembly in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., last week.

The parties signed an agreement-in-principle — known as a stepping stone to a contract — in 2014, but negotiations stalled shortly thereafter.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dehcho-first-nations-resume-land-claim-talks-1.6511396