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Dahti Tsetso is a
Tłı̨chǫ The Tłı̨chǫ (, ) people, sometimes spelled Tlicho and also known as the Dogrib, are a Dene First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group living in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Name The name ''Dogrib' ...
Dene The Dene people () are an Indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term ...
environmentalist from Canada. She serves as deputy director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative and was former director of lands and resources for
Dehcho First Nations The Dehcho First Nations is a tribal council representing the Dene (South Slavey) and Métis people of the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is made up of ten First Nations bands and two Métis Locals. Membership The Deh Ch ...
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Early life and education

Tsetso was born in Fort Simpson (Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́),
Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ...
. She holds a bachelor of science in environmental conservation sciences and a bachelor of arts degree in Native Studies from the
University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...
, and a Diploma in Indigenous Language Revitalization from the
University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College, British Columbia, Victoria Col ...
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Environmental advocacy

Tsetso worked for
Dehcho First Nations The Dehcho First Nations is a tribal council representing the Dene (South Slavey) and Métis people of the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is made up of ten First Nations bands and two Métis Locals. Membership The Deh Ch ...
for more than 10 years. While serving as the resource management coordinator for her First Nation, she finalized agreements between Dehcho First Nations and
Environment and Climate Change Canada Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC; )Environment and Climate Change Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of the Environment (). is the department of the Government of Canada res ...
for the Edéhzhíe Protected Area, Canada's first Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area. Located on the Horn Plateau, the 14,249-square-kilometre region, will be managed cooperatively by the Dehcho First Nations and the
Canadian Wildlife Service The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS (), is a Branch of the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada, a department of the Government of Canada. Founded in 1947 as Dominion Wildlife Service, it is Canada's national wildlife agency resp ...
. Tsetso said this ground-breaking agreement "will give us some capacity to start addressing the goals of our communities and approaching protection in ways that make sense to them, that helps our communities approach stewardship in a meaningful way." In her current role as deputy director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, Tsetso works to collaborate with Indigenous Nations on stewardship and guardians programs, advising on creation of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, and establishing funding for conservation efforts. Within her First Nation, Tsetso developed the Dehcho K’éhodi Stewardship and Guardians program. ''Dehcho K'éhodi'' translates as "taking care the Dehcho" in Dene Zhatié.


Educational programs

The Dehcho K’éhodi Stewardship and Guardians program includes annual Dehcho Youth Ecology and Traditional Knowledge camps, which Tsetso led for several years. Dene elders and Western scientists teach Dehcho youth about environmental issues and help non-Indigenous scientific researchers build relationships with the Dehcho First Nation.


External links


Dehcho K’éhodi Stewardship Program


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsetso, Dahti Living people Year of birth missing (living people) First Nations activists People from the Northwest Territories University of Alberta alumni University of Victoria alumni Tłı̨chǫ people 21st-century First Nations people People from Fort Simpson