Belarewı́ le Gots’ e ̨́ Ɂ ekwe ̨́ (Caribou for All Time): ̨ nę Plan of Action A Dê l ı ̨ nę Got’ı Presentation to the WRRB Hearing for the Bluenose-East Herd April 6-8, 2016
How the plan was made: July 14-16 De ́ l ı ̨ ne ̨ Ɂ ekwe ̨́ Working Group meet to prepare the first draft Nov. 2 & 4 De ́ l ı ̨ ne ̨ Ɂ ekwe ̨́ Working Group meet to review and revise the draft and prepare for public presentation November 4 De ́ l ı ̨ ne ̨ Public meeting – plan approval-in-principle November 23 De ́ l ı ̨ ne ̨ Ɂ ekwe ̨́ Working Group meet to plan for Harvest Policy implementation with ENR staff December 7 Public meeting to discuss Harvest Policy implementation January 6-7 De ́ l ı ̨ ne ̨ Ɂ ekwe ̨́ Working Group meet to review plan implementation March 1-3 Plan is presented at SRRB Management of Bluenose East Ɂ ekwe ̨́ (Barren-ground Caribou) Public Hearing March 16-17 De ́ l ı ̨ ne ̨ Ɂ ekwe ̨́ Working Group meet to revise Plan following hearing 2
Four Ɂ e ɂ a: 1. Go ɂ o ̨́ begho ̨ gots’ ede ́ n ı ̨ de ́ dza ́ o ̨ t’e (when people talk about caribou too much, it’s not good) 2. Dene ts’ı ̨ l ı ̨ (who we are, the whole concept of what being Dene meant to our grandparents) 3. Areyo ̨ ne ̨́ eło ́ ot’ı ̨ ne ̨ ats’ı ̨ t’e (we are all one family) 4. Denecho k ǝ gok’ ǝ́ ta ́ na ́ tseze ́ (we have to hunt like our grandparents did) 3
Dene Mapping Project: Harvesting trails 4
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Main topics in Plan: Story: Ɂ ekwe ̨́ – Law of the Caribou Ten Year Vision Four program areas Harvest policy and code Learning as we go 6
Ten year vision: Dene and ɂ ekwe ̨́ are free to maintain their relationships through their own ɂ e ɂ a 7
Four program areas: 8
Harvest policy and code: 9
Learning as we go: The Conservation Coaches Network and the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation This is a living document, and is revised as questions about how to put Ɂ ekwe ̨́ Na ́ ts’ eze ́ Ɂ e ɂ a into action are addressed by the De ́ l ı ̨ ne ̨ Ɂ ekwe ̨́ Working Group and Ɂ ehdzo Got’ı ̨ ne ̨ . 10
Recent work: New section: Conservation Approach More dene language and concepts being incorporated Harvest regulation and governance More about the ceremonial harvest Dene ways of regulating harvest or harvest governance More about habitat, especially climate change and land protection Some changes to how the Harvest Code is applied. 11
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