NWT Plain Talk

Devolution Edition In this Issue:

• The Story of NWT Devolution
• What is the Agreement-in-Principle?
• The Face of Devolution: Making the People Who Provide the Services a Priority
• Canada’s Objectives
• AiP Highlights
• Getting to a Final Devolution Agreement
• From Paper to Reality: The Important Task of Implementation
• Devolution Q&A
• What devolution negotiations are not about

Spring 2011 In this Issue:

• Respecting rights and doing good business
• What is the Crown’s duty to consult?
• Government of Canada Action Plan on consultation and engagement
• Roles and responsibilities
• Where can you find more information?
• Map of existing agreements and current negotiations

Winter 2010 In this Issue:

• Tlicho Government Celebrates Five Years
• An overview and update: Self-government negotiations in the Sahtu
• A treaty-making timeline for the NWT

Spring 2010 In this Issue:

• Implementation - An Evolving Relationship
• Historic Treaties & Modern Treaties
• The CLCA Path - from Negotiations to Implementation... and Beyond
• What’s Been Done So Far?
• Measuring Success - Evaluating Land Claims Implementation
• Where Can You Find More Information?

Winter 2009 In this issue:

• Land and Resource Negotiations Update
• Current Negotiations Tables
• The language of Negotiations

Fall 2009 In this issue:

• Young People Take an Interest in Negotiations
• Who represents Canada in negotiations and how do they do it?
• Negotiation Questions from Grade 9 students in Fort Liard
• What is a Chief Federal Negotiator?

Environmental Issue In this issue:

• Water Resources - A Healthy Future
• The Environmental Stewardship Framework
• What about the NWT's Transboundary Water?
• Cumulative Impact Monitoring
• Technicians in Training

Winter 2008 In this Issue:

• Nahanni Park Expansion
• International Polar Year
• Section 35 Consultation
• Meet the new faces of INAC: Minister Strahl and Regional Director General, Trish Merrithew-Mercredi

Spring 2007 In this issue:

• Message from the Minister
• A New system for a Growing Territory
• Recommendations for Change
• The Auditor General’s Report
• The Time is Right!
• Taking Action
• The Plan

Winter 2006 In this issue:

• Akaitcho Interim Land Withdrawals
• NWT Boards Share Land, Water and Resource Information
• Profiles: Rick Bennett and Bob Simpson
• Translating Northern Development: Yellowknife Youth
• Forum on the Mackenzie Gas Project

Fall 2005 In this issue:

• The New Tlicho Government
• What Happens Now?
• Tlicho Wek’eezhii Board in Operations
• New Direction for Beaufort-Delta Community Consultation
• Presenting to Youth on Tomorrow’s Self-Government

Summer 2005 In this issue:

• Denendeh - Land of the People
• Commemorative Dates
• The New Tlicho Government

Spring 2005 In this issue:

• Tlicho's Journey through the Legislative Process
• A Piece of the Puzzle
• Profile: Kevan Flood
• The Tulita Signing
• The Tlicho Act’s Royal Assent

Winter 2005 In this issue:

• Mapping Project Reveals Gameti's Past
• Mapping the Big Picture
• Current Negotiations with Aboriginal Groups Map
• Finalized Aboriginal Agreements Map

Fall 2004 Resource and Environment Edition:

• Resource management regions at a glance
• Understanding “the Boards”
• Aboriginal participation in environmental management
• Pipeline Readiness Office (PRO)
• What is PRO doing for your community?
• Proposed Pipeline Route
• Geoscience support negotiations and planning

Summer 2004 In this issue:

• School of Community Government: Building capacity for a changing territory
• Measuring up: School of Community Government offers Occupational Standards & Certification
• Made-in-the-NWT training: A program for community government administrative assistants

Spring 2004 In this issue:

• Plain Talk on how communities can benefit from Resource Development Activities
• The latest buzz on the Net: a site for students and teachers

Year in Review 2003 Year in Review:

• A watershed year for land and self-government negotiations in the NWT
• Beaufort-Delta Self-Government Negotiations
• Déline Self-Government Negotiations
• Tlicho Negotiations
• Deh Cho Process Negotiations
• Akaitcho (NWT Treaty 8) Negotiations
• Northwest Territory Métis Nation Process

Fall 2003 In this issue:

• Tlicho Agreement represents what is best about Canada
• Tlicho signing steeped in history
• Tlicho Agreement map
• At a Glance: What's in the Tlicho Agreement?
• Northwest Territory Métis Nation (NWTMN) interim measures pre-screening process
• Feast and dance mark signing of Déline Self-Government Agreement-in-Principle

Spring 2003 In this issue:

• Threads of History: Gwich'in seamstresses bring ancient craft to life
• A time to celebrate and to look forward: Making history in the NWT
• Gwich'in and Inuvialuit: Returning decision-making to the Beaufort-Delta
• The Negotiation Process
• Deh Cho: Interim agreements balance economic development with land protection

Winter 2003 In this issue:

• Plain Talk gets a tune up
• Closing the circle: Tlicho sign overlap agreements with Deh Cho and Akaitcho
• Bringing self-government into people's homes
• On the ground in the Deh Cho

Deh Cho Special Edition In this issue:

• Breaking new ground to find common ground
• Understanding the Interim Resource Development Agreement (IRDA)
• Protecting land and water in the Deh Cho

November 2002 In this issue:

• Dogrib Treaty 11, Canada & GNWT Initial Historic Tlicho Agreement
• Information Exchange Period for Tlicho Agreement
• What happens next?
• On the road to Devolution
• Deh Cho Process - Building a Better Future Together

August 2002 In this issue:

• Salt River First Nation Signs Historic Agreement
• South Slave Métis Sign Interim Measures Agreement
• Next Steps toward Dogrib Final Agreement
• Beaufort-Delta Self-Government Agreement-in-Principle Update
• Chronology of the Dogrib Treaty 11 Negotiations
• Devolution Update

March 2002 In this issue:

• Treaty Days - the Tradition Continues
• Salt River First Nation Votes in Favour of Settlement
• Treaty Days: The Tradition Continues
• Intergovernmental Forum leaders meet in Fort Simpson
• A Joint Approach to Economic Development, Road Maintenance Project creates Twenty-two Jobs

December 2001 In this issue:

• Salt River First Nation votes on settlement
• Moving forward on the Governance Initiative
• Beaufort-Delta Self-government Agreement Initialed
• Profile: Vince Teddy

March 2001 In this issue:

• Devolution – supporting social, economic, and political development of the NWT
• Upcoming Intergovernmental Forum
• Armchair Discussion with Bob Overvold on Devolution
• Devolution and Resource Revenue – Sharing: Moving Interest into Action

October 2000 In this issue:

• Meeting aspirations for self-government in the NWT
• In the NWT, five Aboriginal groups are negotiating self-government right now
• Portrait of a Celebration
• Profile: Danny Gaudet
• Akaitcho Territory Dene Chiefs Sign Framework Agreement
• The Negotiation Process

August 2000 In this issue:

• Welcome back to the second edition of Plain Talk
• First Intergovernmental Forum: Aboriginal, territorial and federal leaders talk about issues important to all people of the Northwest Territories
• Treaty #8 Centenary Commemoration - Celebrating 100 years!
• Profile: Delia Opekokew
• Negotiations under way with Salt River First Nation
• Events Around the North
• Final Agreement reached with Smith's Landing

April 2000 In this issue:

• First issue of Plain Talk
• What's the difference between land and self-government negotiations?
• The negotiation process
• Settled land claims in the NWT
• Profile: John Gill
• Agreement-in-Principle reached with Dogrib