Northwest Territories

Experience and Inspiration: The Role of Guardian Programs in Monitoring and Managing Protected Areas

2023-08-03T15:10:28-04:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: Guardians, Monitoring, Northwest Territories, NWT, Protected Areas, Thaidene Nëné|

This video features a panel discussion on the role of Guardian programs in biocultural monitoring and stewardship in protected areas.

AAROM Hub

2023-08-03T15:10:30-04:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: AAROM, Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management, Aquatic Resource, Atlantic provinces, BC, British Columbia, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, DFO, Fisheries, Guardians, Marine Conservation, Mi'gmag Maliseet, Mi’gmag Maliseet Aboriginal Fisheries Management Association, MMAFMA, Northwest Territories, NWT, Quebec, Stewardship, Toolkit|

This links to the AAROM (Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management) Hub website. It include case studies of Indigenous-led marine conservation.

Land Relations Planning and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)

2023-08-29T13:44:53-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: BC, British Columbia, Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership, CRP, Dasiqox Tribal Park, Establishment, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs, Northwest Territories, Planning, Relationships, Thaidene Nëné, Webinar, Yukon|

This webinar explores the relational approaches to land relationship planning using models and practices from Yukon Territory and Dasiqox Tribal Park (BC) and how this planning can inform pathways to IPCA establishment, including choosing how to govern.

Governance of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas

2023-08-03T15:08:20-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: BC, British Columbia, Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership, CRP, IISAAK OLAM Foundation, Indigenous Governance, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs, Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation, Mi'kmaq, Mi'kmaw, Mi’kma’ki, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, Xeni Gwet’in First Nation|

This webinar introduces foundational concepts about Indigenous approaches to governance, highlighting different examples from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (BC), Miꞌkma'ki (NS), Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation (NWT), and the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation (BC).

From Thaidene Nëné to the Seal River Watershed: Lessons on how to establish an Indigenous Protected Area from Steven Nitah

2023-08-03T15:08:11-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: Bear, Caribou, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nations, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, NWT, Sayisi Dene First Nation, Seal River Watershed, Tadoule Lake, Thaidene Nëné, Treaty 5, Treaty 8, Treaty of 1900, Winnipeg Treaty|

This video explains the process of creating the Thaidene Nëné IPCA, National Park and Territorial Protected Area.

Thaidene Nëné: Conservation in the spirit of Reconciliation

2023-08-03T15:08:02-04:00Categories: Indigenous-led conservation and IPCAs, Resource|Tags: Boreal Forest, Lutselk'e Dene First Nation, National Park Preserve, Ni hat'ni Dene Rangers, Northwest Territories, NWT, Protected Area, Reconciliation, Thaidene Nëné, Tundra, Wildlife Conservation Area|

This video provides an overview of Thaidene Nëné, one of Canada's largest protected areas, now an IPCA.

Bistcho Lake IPCA (full documentary)

2023-08-03T15:07:45-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: Biodiversity, Bistcho Lake, Caribou, Connection with the Land, Dene Tha' First Nation, Guardians, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs, Northwest Territories, NWT, Stewardship, Two-Eyed Seeing, Western Canada|

This video highlights the significant cultural, spiritual, and harvesting places at Bistcho Lake.

Bistcho Lake – Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area

2023-08-03T15:07:43-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: Bistcho Lake, Dene Tha' First Nation, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs, Mbecho, Northwest Territories, NWT, Resurgence, Two-Eyed Seeing, Western Canada|

This video discusses the opportunity and vision for Mbecho, an IPCA at Bistcho Lake

Tsa Tue Biosphere Reserve

2023-08-03T15:07:24-04:00Categories: Indigenous-led conservation and IPCAs, Resource|Tags: Elders, Great Bear Lake, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs, Northwest Territories, NWT, Oral Tradition, Tsa Tue|

This 5 minute video introduces viewers to the Tsa Tue Biosphere Reserve through the testimonies [...]

Indigenous Circle of Experts (ICE) Northern Regional Gathering

2023-08-03T15:07:03-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: ICE, Indigenous Circle of Experts, Indigenous Knowledge, Northern Gathering, Northern Regional Gathering, Northwest Territories, NWT, Pathway to Target 1|

During the summer of 2017, the Indigenous Circle of Experts for the Pathway to Canada Target 1 (ICE) hosted four Regional Gatherings across Canada, this video provides a summary of the Northern Regional Gathering