The Sahtu Dene Council is a council that represents the Sahtu people of the

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. The council signed a comprehensive land claim agreement in 1993 with the

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, the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, for the seven

Dene The Dene people () are an indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages. ''Dene'' is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term "Dene" h ...

and

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communities in the

Sahtu Region The Sahtu Region is an administrative region in Canada's Northwest Territories. Coterminous with the settlement region described in the 1993 Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, of the Sahtu is collectively owned by its Indi ...

. It is the first such agreement to include three Métis members ( Tulita,

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and Norman Wells) in the Northwest Territories. The Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated and various designated organizations implement the agreement and pursue ongoing negotiations.Sahtu Beneficiaries
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councils.

Members

*Begade Shotagotine (Tulita Land & Financial Corporation) - Tulita *Behdzi Ahda First Nation (Ayoni Keh Land Corporation) - Colville Lake *Deline First Nation (Deline Got'ine Government) - Deline *K’sasho Go’tine Community Council (Yamogo Land Corporation) -

References

External links

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Sahtu Region Politics of the Northwest Territories First Nations in the Northwest Territories First Nations tribal councils Government of the Northwest Territories {{Canada-gov-stub