The Gwich'in Tribal Council says it will hold a special assembly in Tsiigehtchic on January 31 to welcome Frederick Blake Jr as its new grand chief.
Fort McPherson
Frederick Blake Jr said on Thursday "it is time to get to work" after a judge declared him the duly elected Grand Chief of the Gwich'in Tribal Council.
Frederick Blake Jr was declared the new Gwich'in Tribal Council grand chief by an NWT Supreme Court judge after a court case about August's disputed election.
Gwichyà Gwich’in historian Crystal Gail Fraser's new book documents the strength of people forced into the residential school system in the Mackenzie Delta.
NNSL, which prints the NWT's only English-language newspapers, is closing down the Inuvik Drum's print edition. The company said online coverage will continue.
Results are in from seven of the eight NWT hamlets in which residents went to the polls on Monday. Tsiigehtchic has its first mayor since becoming a hamlet.
