Yellowknife, NWT

• Main Authors: Joanna M. Wilson, Xa L
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Délįne
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.695.8996; http://www.nwtpas.ca/areas/document-2006-sahoyue-renewable.pdf

Why was the research done? Before Sahoyúé-ʔehdacho can become a protected area under the Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy, its ecological, cultural and economic values must be studied. Renewable resources like wildlife, fish, trees, plants, wilderness, and renewable energy can have economic value. This report studies these renewable resources. It looks at where they are found in Sahoyúé-ʔehdacho, how they are used now, how they could be used in the future, and how important they are economically. This report should help the Working Group and Community of Délįne make decisions about how to best protect Sahoyúé-ʔehdacho, and help to write a final plan to manage the areas. We know that the use of renewable resources is very important from a social, cultural, and spiritual point of view, especially for Aboriginal people. These values have been studied in the Report on Cultural Values for Sahoyúé-ʔehdacho and are not the focus of this report. However, they should be kept in mind throughout this report. How was the research done? This report only used information that has already been collected by other people. No new studies were done. The researcher took existing information from written reports and maps, and interviews with people at many Déline, Sahtu, and government agencies. The members of the Sahoyúé-ʔehdacho Working Group have reviewed and commented on this report. Besides Sahoyúé-ʔehdacho itself, Déline and part of the area around Sahoyúé-ʔehdacho were also studied.