Officers helicoptered into a camp on Artillery Lake on Sept. 13 and spent hours searching family tents and teepees, the First Nation says. They were investigating illegal caribou harvesting within the mobile zone.
stores carbon, purifies the air and water, and helps regulate the climate for the entire planet.
“I think it s a well-known fact that the Northwest Territories of Canada is very rich in minerals – we ve got three diamond mines in our backyard and another mine for gold. So I guess one of the things that sparked the idea for Thaidene Nëné, over 50 years ago, was the fact that the elders had always wanted to have a protected area set aside for future generations, and have it be protected in a way that the First Nation people were involved so they didn t lose any of their treaty rights.”