We are seeking a Northern Indigenous leader to become the first Project Director of the Network. We are looking for someone who is passionate aboutIndigenous-led environmental stewardship, has management experience…
Lower Post holds ceremonial demolition of its residential school
After a decades-long fight, the former residential school in Lower Post is being torn to the ground. On June 30, the 46th anniversary of the school’s closure, a ceremonial demolition…
Dave Porter, Justin Trudeau and John Horgan: Lower Post residential school was a place of terror and desperate loneliness
For the community, the demolition of the building this week offers a powerful symbol of hope for the future and the promise and possibilities of reconciliation.
Recent Media on Lower Post’s Former Residential School Demolition & New Multi-Purpose Cultural Centre to Come
From 1951 to 1975, the children of the Indigenous Nations of Yukon and northern British Columbia were stolen from their families and sent to the residential school in Lower Post,…
Residential school survivors pushed for decades to demolish building in northern B.C.
Survivors of a residential school in northern British Columbia have given the community strength and courage to keep pushing in a decades-long fight to demolish the building, says the deputy…
The Daylu Dena Council will be demolishing the Lower Post Residential School and holding a groundbreaking for the new multi-purpose centre on June 21st.
Here’s when and where Yukoners can get vaccinated against COVID-19
Danielle d'Entremont - CBC News January 07, 2021 Beginning the week of Jan. 18, 2 mobile teams will travel into rural Yukon communities. Yukon officials released details on Thursday about…
Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier
B.C. Premier John Horgan (centre, blue jacket) is drummed into the Lower Post Residential School by Kaska drummers in Lower Post, B.C. on Orange Shirt Day in a 2019 handout…
What is the COVID-19 vaccine? Vaccines are products that produce immunity to a specific disease like COVID-19. When you are immune to COVID-19 that means you can be exposed to…
First British Columbian vaccinated, COVID-19 immunizations begin Today marks the first day of British Columbia’s provincewide COVID-19 immunizations, the most comprehensive vaccine program to ever be delivered in B.C. Over…
Photo: Manu Keggenhoff John Horgan - Medium.com September 30, 2020 Today is Orange Shirt Day — a day to promote awareness of the individual, family and community intergenerational impacts of…
August 14th, 2020 Regional Emergency Operations Manager The 3 Nations Society is seeking to recruit an energetic and qualified person, capable of working efficiently and effectively without direct supervision, to…
For Immediate Release August 7, 2020 The Leadership of the 3 Nations, the Kaska Dena, Taku River Tlingit First Nation, and Tahltan Nation are announcing support for each Nation’s advisories…
Helping rural, remote and Indigenous communities respond to COVID-19
NEWS RELEASE www.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020PREM0020-000725 A new collaborative framework will help ensure people living in rural, remote and Indigenous communities in B.C. have access to critical health care they can count on…
It is advised to keep appraised of how to stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following links will provide accurate and up to date information:
Campaign Launches to Celebrate and Support Indigenous Guardians
Media Release Ottawa: Jan 29, 2020 The Land Needs Guardians is a new campaign designed to celebrate and support Indigenous Guardians programs and Indigenous stewardship. The campaign, launching on Wednesday,…
Representatives from the Taku River Tlingit, Tahltan and Kaska Dena First Nations met with Premier John Horgan on Oct. 1, 2019, in Lower Post to have important community conversations about…
Kaska Dena’s proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area and the land guardians working to protect their culture and traditional territory - part 2 of a two-part series.
Atlin, BC, welcomes home children of residential school students
Former students of residential schools were welcomed in a homecoming ceremony the week of March 9, 2019, in Atlin, BC, to help with the healing process for residential school students.…
This year a 45+ delegation of 3 Nations Youth were introduced to this year's AME Mining Roundup. This was a milestone for the 3 Nations Youth and credit goes to…
Ottawa to hand over child welfare services to Indigenous governments
The federal government plans to hand over control of child welfare services to Indigenous governments, in an effort to drive down the massive number of Indigenous children in foster care.
On November 1, 2018, the 3 Nations (Tahltan, Kaska, Tlingit) won the Premier’s Award in the Innovation category. This unique partnership was recognized for the ground-breaking approach that the Tahltan,…
Presentation on 3 Nations to Senate Committee in Ottawa
The Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is due to table a major report early in 2019 regarding what a new relationship between Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis…
3 Nations meet with Premier Horgan and Key Ministers
3 Nations leaders and delegates met with Premier Horgan and key ministers in Victoria. 3 Nations presented an overview of their successes, their path forward, and renewal of the Government…
Stikine Wholistic Working Group invited to attend emergency meeting on Indigenous Child Welfare
Members of the Stikine Wholistic Working Group were invited to participate in a panel at an emergency meeting in Ottawa called by Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott to discuss child…
From November 9 – 12, 2017, Tahltan, Kaska, and Tlingit youth participated in a Youth Conference sponsored by the Stikine Wholistic Working Group. This 3 Nations initiative was a tremendous…
Canada officially adopts UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, announced Canada is now a full supporter, without qualification, of the UNDRIP, committing to “fully adopting this and working to implement it…
