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The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is negotiating a Land, resources and self-government agreement with Akaitcho Dene First Nations and the Federal Government.
The Akaitcho Dene First Nations, the Federal Government, and the GNWT signed a Framework Agreement on August 11, 2000 in Deninu Kue (Fort Resolution). The Framework Agreement lists the subjects for negotiation and describes how the parties will negotiate an Agreement-in-Principle and Final Agreement.
The Akaitcho Dene First Nations represent the: Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah), Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Ndilo), Lutselk’e Dene First Nation, and Deninu Kue First Nation.
An Interim Measures Agreement signed on June 28, 2001, in Lutselk'e. In September 2001 formal negotiations towards an Akaitcho Agreement-in-Principle began.
In November 2005 an Interim Land Withdrawal Protocol was concluded. On November 2, 2006 the GNWT and the Akaitcho Dene First Nations reached an agreement on the interim withdrawal of 1034 hectares of Commissioner’s land in the City of Yellowknife. On November 21, 2007 Canada and the Akaitcho Dene First Nations reached an agreement for the interim withdrawal of 62,000 Km2 of Federal Crown land within their asserted traditional territory.
Key Documents:
Akaitcho Dene First Nation Framework Agreement, July 2000
Interim Land Withdrawal Map (Crown Land)
Interim Land Withdrawal Map (Commissioner's Land in Yellowknife)
Interim Measures Agreement
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