Daryn Leas shares his thoughts and experiences with Indigenous governance. The theme for day 5 of the speaker series was Governance: Control and Responsibility.
Settling these agreements involved decades of hard work, innovation and commitment by leaders and visionaries and are mapping the way to a better future for all Yukoners.
Treaty Talks NWT Kris Statnyk
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Citizen and Indigenous rights lawyer Kris Statnyk talks about the legal history and development of the international borders between Canada and the United States and the impacts of the Yukon-Alaska border on Indigenous rights and freedoms. He specifically discusses this through the lens of Dinjii Zhuh (Gwitch’in) Peoples.
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Citizen Dana Tizya-Tramm discusses the Penner Report, the Berger Inquiry, and Indigenous self-government in the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories.