Teslin Tlingit Council

The Teslin Tlingit Council is the government of the Inland Tlingit people based around the community of Teslin, located on the shores of Teslin Lake in the southern Yukon. The name Teslin derives from tás ten, meaning “long sewing sinew”, describing the 148-kilometre (92-mile) long and narrow lake.

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Perspectives series 1: Together Today For Our Children Tomorrow

In this first video, Judy Gingell and Sam Johnston talk about developing the historic position paper Together Today For Our Children Tomorrow, traveling to Ottawa in 1973 and presenting it to then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

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Georgina Sydney, negotiator and Peter Johnston, former Chief of Teslin Tlingit Council, sign the Administration of Justice Agreement in February 2011.

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Teslin Tlingit Council Peacemaker Court

Restoring the Balance - Teslin Tlingit Council Peacemaker Court is changing the way we think about Justice Facing your community and your Elders is the hardest thing a person can do when they have done wrong. Providing a way to be accountable to your community, your clan and your people is one part of the work that the Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) Justice Council does. The Teslin Tlingit model of...