Chief Updates

Chief’s Update April 2025 Dear KFN Membership, On April 1, 2025, the following items were discussed at the regularly held Chief and Council meeting: • Approved $750 sponsorship for the Annual NWT Track and Field event. • Discussed hiring an additional security staff member and implementing potential safety training. • Reviewed outstanding reporting requirements for CIRNAC. • Discussed researching options for new legal representation. • Heard...

As Chief of the Katlodeeche First Nation, I want to acknowledge the Missing and Murdered women and girls and the survivors.  I want to thank the families and survivors who had to share their painful experiences in hopes of a better future for the safety of women across Canada and the NWT and within the Indigenous communities.  Together we must not settle for nothing less in protecting women to awareness, education, stopping the violence for generations and by continuing the rebuilding...

Chief’s Update March 2025 Dear KFN Membership, The Chief and Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Evergreen Forestry Management presented an update on its current financial challenges, which concluded with a proposed recovery plan. During the meeting, discussions also focused on the completion of current and prior year-end audits to ensure transparency and to prepare for general membership approval. It was also noted that KFN will be working to...

Chief’s Update February 2025 Dear KFN Membership, On January 27, two council members and I attended a Department of Fisheries and Oceans meeting with elders and community members.  The meeting focused on the Integrated Fisheries Management Plan, with elders and community members discussing key concerns, including proper consultation, water levels, research quality related to Inconnu in and around Buffalo River, and community engagement. Additional topics included implementing...

Chief’s Update January 2025   Dear KFN Membership, In December 2024, I was elected as Chief alongside Councilors Shirley Lamalice (Sub-Chief), Doug Cardinal, Lennie Fabian, Irene Graham, Nancy Norn-Lennie, and Joyce Studney, who were appointed by acclimation.  We started off the New Year with a well-attended feast and drum dance.  On January 6,, 2025, the KFN Administration operations reopened. A few days later, on January 10, we held our first...