Council of Yukon First Nations declares traditional lands “frack free”

July 1, 2013

Last Updated on August 2, 2013

On Friday, June 28, 2013, the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) passed a 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

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