Self Government
Welcome to our self-government communications site. The Norman Wells Land Corporation is using this area of its web-site to keep you updated and informed about self-government negotiations and to gather your views from time-to-time on important self-government related issues requiring your input.
Self-Government Statement
Our goal is to protect our language, culture and heritage, and to create independence and econmic prosperity for Norman Wells Land Corporation participants of the SDMCLCA. We will achieve our goal by pursuing maximum authority in all jurisdictions of governance and by creating and developing a land base on which a modern and traditional economy can thrive.
The Sahtú Dené and Métis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, which was signed by our Leaders in 1993, ratified and provided Chapter 11, Capital Distribution. This clause in the Land Claims Agreement identifies how individual Land Corporations like the NWLC may provide it its Members within the first fifteen years a maximum cumulative amount per participant/member of $3541.00. These were called Payouts and price indexed in 1993 dollars. In 2008 we completed paying out our membership.
The Norman Wells Land Corporation, the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories are currently negotiating self-government. The activities that are to be carried out by the Norman Wells Self-Government Negotiating team are identified in our Norman Wells Self-Government Communication Strategy.
The Norman Wells Self-Government Negotiating Team is responsible for:
- Negotiating the best deal for the beneficiaries, under the direction of the Board of Directors
- Encouraging beneficiary awareness and support for self-government negotiations
- Encouraging non-beneficiary awareness of the progress of self-government negotiations
Self-Government will provide the Norman Wells Land Corporation beneficiaries with the ability to make decisions at the community level, which will better address the needs of beneficiaries and residents. There is broad and strong support for the establishment of Aboriginal self-government in the NWT. It is an integral component of the economic and social development of the North and of our peoples.
If you are looking for additional self-government information not found here, or you wish to suggest new information to add to the site, or you wish to express your views and opinions on any matter related to self-government, please do not hesitate to contact the Chief Negotiator or the Resource Person.
- Senior Negotiator: Larry Tourangeau
- Resource Planner Advisor: (Paul) Ren Xiang Tan
- Self-Government Legal Counsel: David Rolf
Our past Self Government Legal Advisor, Geoffrey Grenville Wood, passed away during the Christmas holidays.
