The Gwich'in Tribal Council said it will appeal the NWT Supreme Court's decision to declare Frederick Blake Jr the winner of last year's grand chief election.
Tsiigehtchic
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.
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.
Eight new councillors and a mayor for Tsiigehtchic were sworn in on Wednesday after the community's first-ever election as a hamlet.
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.
