Gwich’in Tribal Council 23 July 2018 Economic Development Youth Summit Gwich’in Tribal Council Gwich’in land, culture & economy for a better future

Jordan Peterson Deputy Grand Chief/Vice President Gwich’in Tribal Council Portfolios Dept of Gwich’in Services (Education, Wellness, Economic Dev, Childrens trust) Department of Intergovernmental Affairs (Land Claim Implementation, Political Lead and Lead Negotiator for Self Gov) Department of Cultural Heritage (Language)

Jordan Peterson Deputy Grand Chief/Vice President Gwich’in Tribal Council Affiliates Land Claim Agreement Coalition Gwich’in Steering Committee Gwich’in Council International Gwich’in Settlement Corporation

Background Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1992) includes Yukon Transboundary Agreement (YTA) Gwich’in Settlement Area/ Gwich’in Settlement Region Gwich’in own more than 1500km2 of land in Yukon (mostly Peel watershed) GTC - the representative entity of Gwich’in GTC mandate to implement GCLCA Yukon-NWT arbitrary border

Capacity Building

March 23 – 27, 2015 – Memorial University, St March 23 – 27, 2015 – Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland: 10 Gwich’in youth participated in the GTC’s inaugural academic conference March 7 – 11, 2016 – Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario: 14 Gwich’in youth participated in the program March 27 – 31, 2017 - Inuvik, Northwest Territories: Circumstances did not permit travel to a university, however a successful conference was held in Inuvik for 22 youth March 9 – 13, 2018 – University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta: 15 youth participated in the conference.

Gwich’in Internship Pilot Project Support Economic measures provisions in GCLCA Enhance Skills and work experience of Gwich’in Collaborative Approach to Capacity Building Term 1 year Gwich’in Tribal Council 1 year Government of Canada 1 year Government of NWT

Gwich’in High School Curriculum 5 course Gwich’in certificate program Gwich’in Identity Gwich’in Cultural Studies Celebrating our History, Our Land, Our Culture Legends, Stories and Cultural Teachings Family History through Genealogy Introduction to the GCLCA

Economic Development Chapter 10 GCLCA 10.1.1 Government economic development programs in the settlement area shall take into account the following objectives; that the traditional Gwich’in economy should be maintained and strengthened; and That the Gwich’in should be economically self-sufficient I’ve taken one clause out of Chapter 10 of our land claim (economic measures) to show you what is possible. Our Economic chapter is poor, we could have done more The 3 programs that I presented, shows you how important our youth are to changing the future for the better We have to focus on changing the next generation

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