 Open water season means lots of visitors to Thaıdene Nëné. Ni Hat’ni Dene have been busy patrolling the waters of Tu Nedhé, welcoming visitors and providing assistance. They have also been busy cleaning up campsites. Read on to see how you can help lighten the load for the guardians and keep Thaıdene Nëné beautiful.
This newsletter also includes a report from the National Guardians Gathering in Victoria, where Thaıdene Nëné manager Iris Catholique was honoured with the much-deserved Fierce Visionary Award. Congratulations, Iris, and mársı cho for all that you do for the land, water, and people of Thaıdene Nëné.  The Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation’s 2025 visitor brochure for Thaıdene Nëné is now available. You can download it from our website and soon you will be able to get a paper copy at the Thaıdene Nëné Department office. The brochure welcomes visitors to our territory, explains how they can be good guests in our homeland, and tells them a little bit about special places in Thaıdene Nëné.
 The Thaıdene Nëné Department is hiring three (3) summer students. The summer students will work alongside the Ni Hat’ni Dene guardians. These positions are located in Łutsël K’é.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Applicants must be at least 18 years old and physically fit. They should also have good verbal and written communications skills and work well in a team environment. Knowledge of Łutsël K’é Dene natural and cultural heritage and the ability to speak and/or understand the Dënesųłıné language are assets. If you are interested in being a summer student in the Thaıdene Nëné Department, please submit an updated resume and cover letter to [email protected]. DEADLINE TO APPLY: June 16, 2025 Due to very dry conditions, high temperatures, and high winds, the Chief of the Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation and Manager of the Thaıdene Nëné Department issued a temporary ban on open fires within a 100km radius of Łutsël K’é from Thursday, May 29, to Saturday, May 31.
Mársı cho for helping to keep our land and community safe. It’s important that we work together to respond to climate change.  We are celebrating the arrival of spring with a longer newsletter (we missed the winter edition because our communication staff was on leave). Keep reading for updates from Ni Hat’ni Dene, Thaıdene Nëné Xá Dá Yáłtı, and Frontier Lodge, and a report from engagement sessions that were held in Łutsël K’é and Yellowknife about trail building, clean-up, and visitor orientation.
In this issue, we also celebrate the completion of a video about the Biodiversity Monitoring Project that was narrated in Dënesųłıné Yatı by Dennis Drygeese. In addition to providing an introduction to the project, the video, which also features English subtitles, is a language-learning tool. |
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