For more than a decade, about 1,000 hectares of land have been removed in the city of Yellowknife – meaning there are no new interests in the countryside – until an Akaitcho deal is reached. (Much more land outside communal boundaries is also affected.) So he went back to the negotiating table. In 2000, Akaitcho leaders signed a framework agreement with Stephen Kakfwi, then federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, and Stephen Kakfwi, then Premier of N.W.T. An imminent Akaitcho deal in principle will bring Yellowknife closer to a significant economic boost, negotiator Fred Sangris told city councillors on Monday. “There are plots within our communal borders. that the Akaitcho want to be part of the agreement. Once the final agreement is concluded, some of these countries will be examined to determine economic opportunities. “We cannot reach an agreement [in principle] without our people,” Betsina said. “Our negotiating team is more or less waiting to meet to inform about our negotiations.” Some form of agreement has been under negotiation since the early 1990s. Formal negotiations on this special agreement began in September 2001. An agreement on interim measures was signed on 28 June 2001, providing for a pre-screening procedure allowing the ADFN to examine applications for licences, permits and land orders. An interim set-aside protocol was concluded in November 2005.

On November 2, 2006, the GNWT and ADFN agreed to the temporary removal of Commissioner`s Land`s 1,034 hectares of land in the City of Yellowknife. On November 1, 2007, Canada and the ADFN agreed to the provisional withdrawal of 62,000 km2 of Crown (now territorial) land within the traditional territory alleged by the ADFN. Sangris says the next six to eight months will be spent concluding the Akaitcho agreement in principle and that, thereafter, the heads of state and government will work on a final agreement. Sangris, who said his First Nation was ready to support mining on his land but must ensure “sensitive” areas are protected, said he expected a vote among members on the terms of the deal to take place in about a year. Like so many things this spring, a long-awaited agreement in principle for the Akaitcho land claims process has been delayed due to COVID-19. Sangris informed council members on Monday: “We have about 27 chapters [of an agreement in principle] that have been agreed. We wait for the word OK to say, we have it. “Once the agreement in principle is reached, a final agreement will be the next step. The final agreement will give safety to Akaitcho Dene First Nations as well as Yellowknife residents and business owners, who often seek land for business opportunities for the city`s future development,” City Hall employees wrote. It`s something they`re delighted with. The three negotiators discussed with Trails final host Lawrence Nayally their new tentative agreement on how they got here and what will follow. Four land, resource and self-management agreements are being negotiated in the Northwest Territories, as well as six autonomous self-government agreements and two municipalities working on cross-border agreements.

Sangris said the tentative agreement is expected in May, but is now due every day. The outstanding issues are about taxation and governance, he said. Alty continued, “It will be a new relationship between governments, which will consider Yellowknife Bay, the lake and co-management agreements.” The key for the Akaitcho government`s negotiators is the agreement on a focary claims agreement that preserves sovereignty. This represents 20 years of negotiations between First Nations, the federal government and the territorial government seemed on the verge of making a breakthrough last summer, when negotiators said they expected this agreement to be reached within a year, which I hope will pave the way for a final agreement. . . .