KGF is the management arm for the new Indigenous and Territorial Protected & Conserved Area, Ts’udé Niliné Tuyeta. We are in K’ahsho Got’ine District, Sahtú Dene & Métis Territory, NWT.
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The K'ahsho Got'ine Foundation (K'ahsho Development Foundation) is the administrative and operational arm of Ts’udé Nilįné Tuyeta, the new Indigenous and Territorial Protected Area in K'ahsho Got'ine District. Our offices are located in Fort Good Hope, NT.
Our team consists of two full-time administrative staff and four full-time Guardians. We work to support Land, Language and Culture through camps, programs and environmental monitoring. We also support the Tuyeta Management Board as they develop the Management Plan for Tuyeta.
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1993 - Sahtú Dene Métis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement
1999 - Sahtú Heritage Places and Sites Working Group recommendation
2002 - NWT Protected Areas Strategy (PAS) created and Fort Good Hope decides to use it to protect Ts'udé Niliné Tuyeta
2007 - The Ts'udé Niljné Tuyeta Working Group established
2012 - The Final Working Group Recommendation Report
2013 - Community approves Recommendation Report
2018 - Notice is provided to Sahtú Land Use Planning Board that the GNWT is in negotiations to pursue Ts'udé Niliné Tuyeta under the Protected Areas Act.
2019 - The K'ahsho Got'ine and the GNWT work together to draft the establishment agreement.
Fall 2019 - The GNWT and the K'ahsho Got',ne sign an establishment agreement for Ts'udé Niljné Tuyeta on September 4th, 2019.
2020 - Establishment of the management board.
Credit: GNWT/Julien Schroder
The KGF Board of Directors, who form the K'ahsho Got'ine Party to the Establishment of Tuyeta, is made up of representatives from the Fort Good Hope Dene Band, Yamoga Land Corporation, Ayoni Keh Land Corporation, Behdzi Ahda, and Fort Good Hope Métis Local 54.
President:
Chief Tommy Kakfwi, Fort Good Hope Dene Band
Vice President:
Darcy Edgi, Yamoga Land Corporation Designate
Directors:
Richard Kochon, Ayoni Keh Land Corporation Designate
Grand Chief Wilbert Kochon, Behdzi Ahda
Bob Overvold, Fort Good Hope Métis Local 54 Land Corporation
Lead Advisor:
John T'Seleie
Chair:
Frank T’Seleie
K'ahsho Got'ine Appointees:
Joseph Tobac, Jeanette Tobac, Vicky Orlias, Fred John Barnaby (Colville Lake) and John Cotchilly (alt)
GNWT Appointees:
Lawrence Jackson, Edna Tobac and Lillith Brooke (alt)
We have 2 full-time and 2 part-time administrators, and four full-time Guardians
Executive Director:
Daniel Masuzumi Sr.
Operations Director, Interim:
Dr. Alexa Scully
Administrative Assistant:
Edith McNeeley
Finance Administrator:
Dario Gonzalez
Administrative Assistant (Parental Leave):
Montana T’Seleie-King
Buddy Gully
Twyla Edgi Masuzumi
John Tobac and Joseph Tobac. Photo Credit: Pierre Emmanuel Chaillon.
KGF employs community members from Fort Good Hope and from Colville Lake for seasonal and contract work which includes labourers, cooks, drivers, harvesters, wood, truck rentals, room rentals, knowledge holders and Elders. In March 2021 there were over 80 people employed.
We would like to acknowledge our past support from International Boreal Conservation Campaign and Indigenous Leadership Initiative.
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