Tlegohli Got’ine established the foundation of their formal self-government agreement, recognizing their inherent rights to self-govern. The GNWT announced that today President Sherry Hodgson, who is the leader of the Tlegohli Got’ine Government Inc., along with Minister Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and Premier R.J. Simpson, signed the Final Self-Government Agreement for the Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got’įnę.
President Hodgson said the agreement represents a formal recognition of the identity, culture, and inherent right to Self-Government of the Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got’įnę.
“It provides the formal basis for a new government-to-government relation between us and the Government of Canada, and a government-to-government relation between us and the Government of the Northwest Territories,” said President Hodgson.
“It is our generation’s legacy to our children and future generations. We will do our best to use it to preserve, protect, exercise, and advance the inherent and treaty rights of the Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got’įnę for the benefit of all our people living in Canada, here today. But our youth are the future, and this agreement provides our youth with the foundations to do the same when they take on the task of preserving, protecting, exercising and advancing our rights. Use this Self-Government Agreement, learn from the mistakes we may make and take us into the future—secure as Sahtu Dene/Metis people within the larger Canadian mosaic,” added President Hodgson.
True North FM reached out to Tlegohli Got’ine leadership to hear more about the formal signing of the self-government agreement and will share those insights when they become available.
