Recent Kaska Press Releases
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Seven First Nations Form Alaska Highway Pipeline Group
CALGARY, AB, September 30, 2003 - Seven First Nations from the Yukon and British Columbia along the Alaska Highway pipeline route signed a Cooperation Protocol on September 29 that creates a coordinating body to address their collective interests during the planning and development stages of pipeline development ...
Oil And Gas Workshop Wraps Up In Watson Lake
WATSON LAKE, YT, June 24, 2003 - The Yukon Territorial Government and the Kaska Nation are hosting a two-day interactive oil and gas workshop that wraps up in Watson Lake today ...
Kaska Dena Art Exhibit Opens Thursday In Whitehorse
WHITEHORSE, YT, May 20, 2003 - Media and the public are invited to attend the gala opening of an exhibit of Kaska art on May 22 at the Yukon Arts Centre ...
Kaska and Yukon Government Sign Bilateral Agreement
WHITEHORSE, YT, May 9, 2003 - The Kaska Nation and the Yukon government have signed a bilateral agreement to pursue economic development opportunities in southeast Yukon ...
Kaska Art Exhibit Announced for Whitehorse
LOWER POST, BC, March 25, 2003 - The Kaska Dena Council, Kaska Tribal Council, the Yukon Arts Centre and the Society of Yukon Artists of Native Ancestry are planning an exhibit of Kaska art in Whitehorse, May 22 to July 20, 2003 at the Yukon Arts Centre ...
True North Gems And Ross River Dena First Nation Sign Landmark Agreement
VANCOUVER, BC, March 19, 2003 - True North Gems Inc. [TSX-V:TGX] and the Ross River Dena Council on behalf of the Kaska Nation have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that confirms the Kaska support for True North's ongoing exploration of the company staked properties in the Finlayson District of the Yukon, within the Kaska Traditional Territory ...
Kaska Nation Cautions Prospectors That Consultation And Accommodation Are Required
ROSS RIVER, YT, January 9, 2003 - The Kaska Nation is concerned about the lack of consultation associated with the current staking rush underway in the Finlayson Lake area, north of Ross River ...
Kaska Nation Encouraged By New Yukon Government
CALGARY, AB, December 5, 2002 - The Kaska Nation leadership is encouraged by the innovative approach demonstrated by the new Yukon government with regard to economic development ...
Kaska Nation Speaks Out Against Logging In Traditional Territory
WATSON LAKE, YT, September 27, 2002 - The Kaska Dena Council, Ross River Dena Council and the Liard First Nation are condemning the removal of forest resources from their Traditional Territory in the Yukon. An agricultural lease was approved for a parcel of land on the east side of the Liard River, near Upper Liard, and more than 5000 cubic metres were sold by the Government of Canada in August and September without consulting the Kaska Forest Resources Stewardship Council. The volume of wood that was taken is enough to build more than 50 homes ...
Kaska Legends Perform At Vancouver International Aboriginal Festival
WATSON LAKE, YT, August 28, 2002 - The Kaska Legends, an alternative rock band from the Yukon, will be performing at the Plaza of Nations during the Vancouver International Aboriginal Festival, August 30-September 1. They are the only Yukon based band performing at the event ...
Forest Management Accord Concluded For Southeast Yukon
WATSON LAKE, YT, July 29, 2002 - Today, Kaska chiefs and representatives of the Government of Yukon and Government of Canada signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on forest management for the southeast Yukon ...
Statement By The Kaska Nation Regarding Today's Supreme Court Of Canada Decision
WATSON LAKE, YT, June 20, 2002 - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed our appeal. The Court found that even though officials in the federal government took steps to set aside lands at Ross River for the use of the Ross River Band, no reserve was created in law ...
Kaska Nation Urges Senate To Reconsider Bill C-39
WATSON LAKE, YT, February 27, 2002 - Representatives from the Kaska Nation met with the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on February 21 to explain concerns about Bill C-39, the new Yukon Act. The proposed Bill would provide the Yukon Government with authority over public lands, resources and waters in the Yukon that were previously the responsibility of the federal government. The House of Commons passed Bill C-39 on December 3 and it is now before the Senate ...
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