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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. Capacity Building

7. 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, 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. Economic Development Chapter 10 GCLCA
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

11. Haii