Ya'thi Néné Land and Resource Office

Please like and share our new Facebook page-Athabasca Nuhenéné! This page will be focussed on our work with Indigenous Protected Areas and the beautiful land we call home -Nuhenéné!

If you reside in Camsell Portage or Uranium City and are interested in representing the Athabasca Permanent Resident Organization (APRO), we encourage you to apply! Deadline is January 25th, 2021..

We are happy to see our Elders getting protection from Covid-19 with the first vaccines being administered!

Deadline is January 29th! Open to Denesuline youth 12-19 years old. Get out your phones and record a video of your community to enter!

Job opportunity in Wollaston !

Ya’thi Nene Land & Resource office was happy to provide every school in the Athabasca Basin a poster of the Dene Laws. We are happy to see that they are already being put to some good use! Photo credit: PacQuette J Deli

Job Opportunity! Deadline to apply: Monday November 16 2020

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Community Land Technician Deadline to apply: Friday, October 30, 2020 Time Commitment: 2-year contract with potential to extend Part time, 20 hours / week (potential to increase to full-time)...Continue reading

Duty to Consult: ALX Resources Corp. Proposed Project to Conduct a Drilling Program, Ground-based Geophysics, Prospecting, and Outcrop/Soil Sampling www.yathinene.ca//duty-to-consult-alx-resources-corp-propo

Duty to Consult: Fortune Bay Corp’s Proposed Project to Conduct a Drilling and Geochemical Core Sampling Program. Click the link for more information. www.yathinene.ca//duty-to-consult-fortune-bay-corps-propos

We would like to introduce you to our newest staff member! James Hugarth is our new casual Community Land Technician in Wollaston Lake Post/Hatchet Lake First Nation. He joins Jean Tsannie at Ya’thi Néné office!

Job Opportunity -Applications for the position will be accepted until 4:00 pm, Thursday, October 1, 2020.

Our Environmental Land Use Planner, Shea Shirley, attended the third quarter meeting for the Athabasca Joint Environmental Sub-Committee (AJES), in addition to other community AJES representatives Georgie McDonald, Jerilyn Benonie, and Victor Fern. They were also joined by Darren Thomas, Manager of the Northern Saskatchewan Environmental Quality Committee. The meeting involved a tour of the tailings management facility (TMF) at Orano's McCLean Lake Operation. The tour provided an overview of the TMF and its planned expansion to hold additional tailings from the uranium milling process.

Some Denesuine wisdom

We will be in Hatchet Lake/Wollaston Lake Post on Thursday, September 17th from 1-3:30 pm to talk about our work developing some Indigenous Protected Areas in Nuhenéné! Covid-19 protocols will be in place.

A friendly reminder that the deadline to apply for the Athabasca Community Trust is Wednesday, September 30th. We have revised the application on our website, to access, click here: https://www.yathinene.ca/trust-apply OR, there is now a fillable PDF form, to access, click here: https://bit.ly/2DNwfAq Completed applications can also be submitted via email: [email protected]

Ya'thi Néné is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 Basin Scholarship Award recipients. We would like to thank everyone who applied for a scholarship and congratulate those of you who were selected this year. We wish you all a healthy, safe, and successful academic year!! This years' successful Scholarship Recipients include: Darlene Fern... Doreen Sayazie Vanessa Renie Alyx Mercredi Gabrielle Fern Toutsaint Florence St. Pierre Amanda Strong Jacqueline Hale Sheldon Echodh Brittany Mercredi Genelle Mercredi Keesha Martin Ronelda Robillard Tammy Lidguerre Cassidy Renie Linda Sayazie Shenelle Echodh Farrah Pische Jasmine Pacquette Veronica Kkailther Naomi Duff Hannah Preikschat Darian Joseyounen (Gazandlare) See more

Ya’thi Néné is proud to have contributed to this amazing culture camp at Ennadai Lake, NU. Hatchet Lake hosted a Youth Suicide Prevention Culture Camp on Athabasca Denesuline territory. One full week on the land is healing. Our Community Land Techs Jean Tsannie and James Hugarth helped all week!

Lake Athabasca has much to offer, including monster fish!