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Nihtat Energy Ltd. is installing 3,456 solar panels in Inuvik, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 16:14
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A new renewable energy project is moving forward in Inuvik, N.W.T. Northern Indigenous-owned and operated company Nihtat Energy Ltd. is

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Canada Countries General News Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

‘The rebirth of our nation’: Gwich’in accord passed at biennial gathering

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 14:47
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Gwich’in across northern Canada and Alaska will now be more coordinated and unified in efforts to tackle collective issues like

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

N.W.T. residential school survivors, descendants head to Edmonton for papal visit

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 09:46
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The residential school system has been a large part of Mabel Brown’s family story. At six years old, her mother

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Environment (USA) General News Politics RCI USA 

Biden signals plans to halt oil activity in Arctic refuge

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 09:11
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Alaska waits for guidance on presidential order President Joe Biden on Wednesday signalled plans

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Environment Environment (USA) RCI USA 

Indigenous wildfire knowledge to be key part of new Arctic Council project

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 16:09
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With wildfires intensifying around the North, an Arctic Council project is underway to better coordinate response among circumpolar countries as

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General RCI 

RBC latest bank that will not directly fund drilling projects in Alaskan Arctic refuge

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 08:48
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The Royal Bank of Canada recently joined more than 24 major financial institutions that will not fund resource development in the

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Environment Environment (USA) RCI USA 

Canadian Gwich’in leaders and conservationists suing U.S. over leasing program for Arctic wildlife refuge

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 18:35
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A Gwich’in organization created to protect nearly 20 million acres of sacred, traditional land in Alaska, along with 12 other

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Stop sign project in northern Canadian town on pause after questions over Gwich’in wording

Danielle d'Entremont, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 16:27
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The group behind newly translated signs in Inuvik, N.W.T., is pausing their project after people began questioning the Gwich’in translation that

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Stop signs in northern Canadian town to include Indigenous languages

Danielle d'Entremont, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 14:43
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A new multilingual stop sign project in Inuvik, N.W.T., is hoping to highlight the importance of Indigenous language preservation. The community-based

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Leaders ask how their groups fit in Dene Nation at annual assembly in Northern Canada

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 10:28 — Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 11:38
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Though the theme of the 49th Dene National Assembly was “one drum, many heartbeats,” for many present, the theme was

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Indigenous community in northwestern Canada declares climate change state of emergency

Heather Avery, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 13:31
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Officials in the Yukon’s most northern community have declared a state of emergency, saying the traditional way of life in

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Bill to protect ANWR passes early hurdle in Washington

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 10:22
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Indigenous Gwich’in leaders say they’re hopeful after a U.S. bill to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), located in

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

Gijiht’aii (try), says 23-year-old taking year off to learn Gwich’in language in Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2019 at 16:29
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The Gwich’in language seems to roll off the tongue when 23-year-old Arlyn Charlie speaks, but according to Charlie, “Gwiintsàl Dinjii

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Indigenous village in northwestern Canada to declare climate change emergency

Heather Avery, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 14:03
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The chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Yukon, northwestern Canada says his community’s traditional way of life is

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Which Indigenous voices? On Arctic Refuge, lawmakers practice selective listening

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 10:02
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A bill in Congress would reverse the 2017 decision to open the northernmost part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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