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The Gwichʼin are an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native people. They live in the northwestern part of North America,mostly north of the Arctic Circle.
Vuntut National Park is a national park located in northern Yukon,Canada. It was established in 1995 as part of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement,to conserve,protect and present to Canadians a portion of the North Yukon Natural Region,to recognize Vuntut Gwitchin history and culture,and to protect the traditional and current use of the park by the Vuntut Gwitchin. The name Vuntut comes from the Gwichʼin for among the lakes. Fewer than 25 people visit the park each year.
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) is a First Nation in the northern Yukon in Canada. Its main population centre is Old Crow. The language originally spoken by the people is Gwichʼin.
Vuntut Gwitchin may refer to:
The 1992 Yukon general election was held on October 19,1992 to elect members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon,Canada. It was won by the Yukon Party.
Old Crow Flats is a 6,170 km2 (2,382 sq mi) wetland complex in northern Yukon,Canada along the Old Crow River. It is north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Beaufort Sea,and is nearly surrounded by mountains.
Darius Mortimer Elias was a Canadian politician. He represented the rural Yukon electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2006–2016 as a member of both the Yukon Liberal Party and the Yukon Party.
Sarah Agnes James is a Neets'aii Gwich'in activist from Arctic Village,Alaska,USA,but was born in Fort Yukon "because that is where the hospital was. I grew up part of the time in Fort Yukon and Salmon River,but most of the time in Arctic Village,Alaska."James is a board member of the International Indian Treaty Council. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002,together with Jonathon Solomon and Norma Kassi. They received the prize for their efforts to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) from plans of oil exploration and drilling. Oil and gas exploration would disturb the life cycle of the Porcupine caribou,which has been a foundation for the Gwich'in culture since approximately 18,000 BC.
Jonathon Solomon was a native Gwich'in from Fort Yukon,Alaska,USA,and a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Porcupine Caribou Agreement between Canada and U.S. He served as the Traditional Chief of the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich'in,a lifetime designation,from 2002 until his death in 2006. He was a founding member of the Gwich'in Steering Committee formed by the Gwich'in at Arctic Village in 1988,and dedicated to the preservation of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. He served with distinction until his death.
Lorraine Peter,is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2006. She was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Robert Bruce was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2000. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Kathie Emma Nukon is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Old Crow in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1985. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.
Johnny W. Abel was a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 until his death in 1995. He was a member of the Yukon Party.
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The Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’Secretariat (IPS) is a secretariat for the six international Indigenous organizations affiliated with the eight-nation Arctic Council. The IPS does not represent indigenous peoples or their organizations,but assists those organizations in presenting their causes,and helps to disseminate information among them. IPS was established in 1994 under the auspices of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS). It was around the same time that the category of Permanent Participants was being developed and applied to the three indigenous peoples’organizations then observers in the AEPS. When the Arctic Council was established in 1996,both the Permanent Participants and IPS was reinserted into the new intergovernmental framework. Since commencing business in 1994,the role of the secretariat has been to facilitate contributions from the Permanent Participants to the cooperation of the eight Arctic states and to assist the Permanent Participants in performing,mainly communicational task.
The Indigenous peoples of Yukon are ethnic groups who,prior to European contact,occupied the former countries now collectively known as Yukon. While most First Nations in the Canadian territory are a part of the wider Dene Nation,there are Tlingit and Métis nations that blend into the wider spectrum of indigeneity across Canada. Traditionally hunter-gatherers,indigenous peoples and their associated nations retain close connections to the land,the rivers and the seasons of their respective countries or homelands. Their histories are recorded and passed down the generations through oral traditions. European contact and invasion brought many changes to the native cultures of Yukon including land loss and non-traditional governance and education. However,indigenous people in Yukon continue to foster their connections with the land in seasonal wage labour such as fishing and trapping. Today,indigenous groups aim to maintain and develop indigenous languages,traditional or culturally-appropriate forms of education,cultures,spiritualities and indigenous rights.
Pauline Frost is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. She represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party and served one term.
Jeneen Frei Njootli is an interdisciplinary Vuntut Gwitchin artist known primarily for their work with sound and textiles,performance,fashion,workshops,and barbeques.
Annie Blake is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2021 Yukon general election. She represents the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
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- ↑ Canada. Parliament (1989). Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Gale Canada. ISSN 0315-6168 . Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ↑ Yukon Votes 2006: Vuntut Gwitchin. cbc.ca.
- 1 2 Goldman Environmental Prize: Norma Kassi Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 29, 2007)
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