John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry
On Friday, June 28, 2013, the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) passed resolution declaring their traditional lands to be “frack free” and calling on the Yukon government to prohibit all fracking in the territory.
The resolution reads:
Be it resolved that the Council of First Nations calls on the Yukon Govt. to prohibit fracking in the Yukon and declares our traditional territories to be frack-free.
As reported at Rabble.ca, “The resolution was passed by full consensus of the general assembly of those present.”
The Council of Yukon First Nations is a central political organization that represents eleven of the fourteen First Nation governments in the Yukon on a national and International level.
First Nation governments in the Yukon consist of:
- Carcross/Tagish First Nation
- Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
- Ehdiitat Gwich’in Council
- First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun
- Gwichya Gwich’in Council
- Kluane First Nation
- Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation
- Nihtat Gwich’in Council
- Selkirk First Nation
- Ta’an Kwach’an Council
- Teslin Tlingit Council
- Tetlit Gwich’in Council
- Tr’ondek Hwech’in
- White River First Nation