Acho Dene KoeFirst Nation

Fort Liard Métis

One people - One Vision

© Presented by Robert Diaz – Principle – DM Cultural Services Ltd.March 2017

PRESENTATIONAGENDA

Who we are

Where we live

Our priorities

Future opportunities

Closing remarks

Our road to self sufficiency

6474 SQUARE KM

CERTAINTY FOR OUR COMMUNITY

CERTAINTY FOR OUR PARTNERS

CERTAINTY FOR OUR FUTURE

WHOWE ARE

WHO WE ARE?

• Dene People: government based in Fort Liard, NWT

We have inhabited our traditional territory for thousands of years,

using the land to fish, hunt, harvest and trap. The stories of our

people are rich and strong. As a people we are committed to

passing on our culture to future generations.

Our Office in New Jersey

• Main community in Fort Liard, NWT

• Smaller community settlements in BC and Yukon

• Signatory to Treaty 11

• Registered population of 647 Band members

WHEREWE LIVE

WHERE WE LIVE

Traditional territory is found equally in

three jurisdictions: Northwest

Territories, British Columbia and

Yukon.

STEWARDS OF THE LAND

PAST – PRESENT - FUTURE

TERRITORY NWT – BC - YUKON

OUR ROADTO SELF SUFFICIENCY

OUR PATH

PHASE II BRITISH COLUMBIA TREATY PROCESS

PURSUING LAND-CLAIM NEGOTIATIONS IN THE YUKON

FINAL AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS IN THE NWT

6474 SQ. KM OF SURFACE + SUBSURFACE TITLE

SIGNATORY TO NWTDEVOLUTION AGREEMENT

PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRY RELATIONS

OUR PRIORITIES

OUR PRIORITIES

”To be strong we must be healthy”

COMMUNITY WELLNESS

6474 SQ. KM

COMPLETION OF LAND CLAIM NEGOTIATIONS

”To make the right choices”

EDUCATION

”Let’s build our future”

CAPACITY BUILDING

”Balance”

LAND USE PLANNING

”For generations to come”

EMPLOYMENT

MEET OUR GREAT TEAM

ADK Chief Treaty Negotiator

CHIEF HARRY DENERON

Fort Liard Métis Treaty Negotiator

PRESIDENT ERNIE MCLEOD

ADK Negotiator

COUNCILOR STEVE KOTCHEA

COUNCILOR CATHY KOTCHEA

COUNCILOR DENNIS NELSON

COUNCILOR IRENE MCLEOD

COUNCILOR SONIA TIMBRE

COUNCILOR JOE BERTRAND

ROBERT A. REITER ROBERT DIAZ

ADK Council ADK Council

ADK Council ADK Council ADK Council ADK Treaty Legal Negotiator

Negotiator, Lands, Development

ALEX FANNI

ADK Lands Department

IVY MARCELAIS

Community Liaison Office

KAYLY DENERON

ADK Lands Department

FUTURE

OPPORTUNITIESFort Liard Métis President Ernie McLeod, ADK Chief Harry

Deneron, Premier Bob McLeod, and former MLA Kevin Menicoche

celebrate the signing of the ADK Agreement-in-Principle, February

2014.

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

With the completion of our land claim

and 6474 sq. kilometers of Treaty

Settlement Lands the future for our

Nation is limitless.

TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A NATION

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Liard Highway Buffer

Lease Holder Land, Fee simple grants, Agreements for sale, Applications for lease,

Land use permits and other land use authorizations

Rivers

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A C H O D E N E K O E F I R S T N AT I O N S

Confidential

KEY MAP ADK TRADITIONAL TERRITORY BOUNDARY

E x c l u s i o n T y p e p e r A D K A g r e e m e n t D o c u m e n t

Agreement Exclusions in NWT Portion of the ADK Territory

ADK Territory

Not to encircle Hamlet of Fort Liard

ADKSA Buffer (31 meter buffer)

Land reserved by IAND or Commissioner (no features on map)

Hamlet of Fort Liard

Land reserved by IAND or Commissioner (no features on map)

Land Not Administered by GNWT

Liard Highway Buffer

Lease Hold Interests, Producing and non producing mines

Oil and Gas Leases, Oil and Gas Licenses

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NAD 83 ALBERS

Map produced February 20, 2017

Production Date

Road Network

River/ Lake

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Parks

Fort Liard Municipal Boundary

B a s e M a p F e a t u r e s

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the duplicate is only counted once to determ ine the total area of exclusions.

The ‘no features on m ap’ com m ent above indicates situatons where the features from this layer are overlapped by

other exclusion layers so no exclusions from the layer are displayed.

Rivers

Rights-of-way, Easements

Lease Holder Land, Fee simple grants. Agreements for sale, Applications for lease, Land use permits and other land use authorizations

Government Agency Land, Quarrying permits and leases, Lease Holder Land, Fee simple grants, Agreements for sale, Applications for lease, Land use permits and other land use authorizations

Lease Holder Land, Fee simple grants, Agreements for sale, Applications for lease, Land use permits and other land use authorizations, Timber permits

There is overlap between features in this layer so labels are placed in the general vicinity of the corresponding feature. Thin black lines have been added to show the internal boundaries of the Oil and Gas Parcels.

Known or suspected contaminated sites

These locations are very small polygons labelled as green numerical text.

Map Extent

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Date Produced: 2017-02-21Coordinate System: UTM 10N NAD 83Data Source: GeoBC, NRCan, ADK, GeoGratis

ACHO DENE KOE TRADITIONAL TERRITORYGAS BASINS

Horn River Gas Basin

Liard Gas Basin

Acho Dene Koe Traditional Territory

Major Highway

Major Waterbody

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