Belarew le Gots e ekwe (Caribou for All Time): ne Plan of Action - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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