Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief ‘frustrated’ at waiting for Yukon gov’t to move on land-use planning – CBC
Aug 30, 2024
Planning commission won’t draft a final land use plan for Dawson region until it hears from territory
The chief of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation says he’s getting tired of waiting for the Yukon government to help move along the land-use planning process in his region.
“I’m just frustrated on some of the delays and some of the reasons and rationale that we’re hearing from other parties,” said the First Nation’s Hähkè (chief) Darren Taylor.
“I’m almost to the view that they don’t want to see land use planning be successful.”
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and the Yukon government have been working together for the past five years to develop the Dawson Regional Land Use Plan. It’s an objective under Chapter 11 of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in final agreement, to exercise their right to participate in the management of public resources within the First Nation’s traditional territory.
