Deslin Neek

The Voice of the Teslin Tlingit Council

Deslin Neek

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

2 Chief ’s Message

4 GC Resolutions

10 Teslin Recreation

12 DDC Update

18 Announcements

ank-you to those who

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Neek.

Issue 60 December 2020

Happy Holidays Teslin!

May the New Year bring

health, joy and happiness!

Merry Christmas!!

Máa sá iyatee,

Our hope is all is as well as can be,

and that as you plan your holiday

season that you keep in mind

your safety. As you are all aware

by now we are in the second wave

of the Covid-19 pandemic and

this requires us to be extra careful

in all that we do. . Following and

practising the safe 6 and wearing

a mask in public areas is critical.

Keep a safe distance from each

other, keep your hands clean,

feeling sick, please stay home,

avoid crowds, travel with respect,

and self-isolate if necessary.

Please limit your travel from our

community to other communities.

As of 5 p.m. on Friday, November

20th, everyone other than critical

services workers entering Yukon

will be required to self-isolate for

14 days. As of December 1, it will

be mandatory to wear a non-

medical mask in all indoor public

spaces. e goal is to contain

COVID and prevent or minimize

community spread. We encourage

you to keep your contacts to a

minimum. Keep your circles

small. Our collective objective is

to reduce the risk and we must

remain vigilant.

We want to acknowledge the

hard work of Dr. Hanley, YG

Ministers, and health care teams

and supporting sta for the

tremendous eort being put forth

to help those that have tested

positive with the virus, to those

involved with contact tracing, and

the many other individuals that

are helping us to navigate our way

through this most dicult time.

In our administration we

have taken the necessary

steps and precautions to be

safe and we appreciate the

support we have given by our

community members. Within

our departments we are expected

to limit our movement to other

oces and wear masks when

having to move around to other

oce areas. We have non-

medical masks available and hand

sanitizing available at all entries to

our government buildings.

Our oces remain open with

the condence that we all will

continue to abide by all of the

measures that are put forth for us

to remain safe.

e year 2020 has truly become

a time of inner reection and

a time of consideration of all

things important and valuable

in our lives. 2020 gives us a

small glimmer into some of the

traumatic experiences we have

had over the past century. We

must consider the strength, the

will, and perseverance of our

people of those times and bring

forward those very characteristics

to the challenge that lies before us

today.

As we ready ourselves for the

Christmas Season and 2021 the

Executive Council, Deputy Naa

Shaade Hani, Executive Sta, and

Departments and I wish you all

the very best during the holiday

season. We want the very best for

each of you and pray for the safety

of all. Take the very best of care

and we all love you very much.

Naa Sháade Háni - Eric

“It’s not what you have; it’s what

you do with what you have.”

Message from Naa Shaade Hani

Chief ’s message

Attention TTC Citizens:

Naa Sháade Háni Morris and

Deputy Naa Sháade Háni Oakley

have a new contact number.

is number will be answered by

the Chief ’s Executive Assistant and

will forward information to our

newly elected leadership.

e Naa Sháade Háni and Deputy

would like to be more responsive to

the needs and concerns of Citizens.

Contact number: 867-384-0180

Teslin Tlingit

Council

raising the new

TTC ag

2 Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

In 2003 the Devolution Transfer

Agreement made Yukon

Government responsible for

managing re suppression in

Yukon. Economic and Employment

Opportunities as identied in

Chapter 17 of the Land Claims

Agreement created the YFN re

contracts. e Southern Lakes

Fire Management Zone being the

Whitehorse and Teslin Districts

goes from Braeburn, through

Whitehorse, Carcross, Tagish and

Teslin. Contracts have traditionally

been for a three year term and

requires LFM provide to WFM

an Initial Attack Crew (1 Crew

Leader, 2 Crew Members and 1

Trainee- which is optional) and

their transportation (a 4x4 crew

cab truck capable of carrying the IA

crew and necessary equipment).

roughout the years several TTC

citizens have been trained and

employed as IA crew members and

provided re suppression services

throughout the Yukon. Current

and former members of the “Teslin

Fire Echo Crew” provide a valuable

resource in the community of

Teslin especially if there is ever an

emergency crisis. Training of crew

members includes certication

in Transportation of Dangerous

Goods – Ground Mode; WHIMIS

and Standard First Aid. Every year

crew members must meet and

maintain the Yukon WFM WFX-

Fitness Standards.

Covid-19 changed how Fire

Suppression Crews operated for the

2020 Fire Season. Wildland Fire

Management could not have all the

crews located at the Whitehorse

Base and the request came forward

to not have a trainee on the Teslin

Echo Fire Crew. e crew was

based at the Forestry Compound

here in Teslin as Wildland Fire

Management has two cabins

located there.

Kevin Welin, Crew Leader, Tommy

Dewhurst and Trenton Dupont as

certied crew members were hired

for the 2020 season. LFM worked

with Wildland Fire Management

and Cole Dewhurst was hired on

the Teslin YG “Delta” Crew for the

season. All members of the Teslin

Fire “Echo” Crew signed the LFM

Covid-19 Risk Management Plan

– Guidelines for the Delivery of

“Critical Services (Emergency). e

Risk Mitigation Plan mandated the

crew to operate as a household unit

during the work period and to live

at the Forestry Compound and they

were to self-isolate at their homes

when not at the work place. LFM

is proud of the crew and how they

followed the strict management

plan especially in a year that had

not one re the crew was deployed

to.

Good Work Teslin Fire “Echo”

Crew in keeping our community

safe.

Lightning Fire Management (LMC) Inc

Far le:

Hose tower in yard.

Top:

Echo Crew

Boom:

Echo crew working on

cabins

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

TTC Winter General Council Resolutions

Resoluon # 2020.002

General Council Procedures (in

person and virtual) - passed

Whereas TTc is exercising pro-

tecve measures, informed by

the Yukon Chief Medical Ocer’s

direcves, to safeguard the health

of Teslin Tlingit, sta and contrac-

tors in response to the COVID-19

pandemic.

Therefore be it resolved that the

General Council authorizes the

meeng procedures of Novem-

ber 19-20, 2020 be conducted in

person and virtually with the sup-

port of video or teleconferencing

methods.

Resoluon # 2020. 004

Full Force and Eect: LINGiT YOO

X’ATANGI KA HAA SHAGOON -

passed

Whereas the General Council

enacted LINGiT YOO X’ATANGI KA

HAA SHAGOON law (the law) for

revitalizaon, protecon, ad-

vancement and increased access

to Lingit for Teslin Tlingit Cizens

(resoluon #2017-009, July).

Consultaon with the Government

of Yukon was concluded in March

2019. In September 2020, General

Council in accordance with resolu-

on # 2020.09.24.005 authorized

that the consultaon for the pur-

pose of secon 48 of the adminis-

traon act be completed by virtual

means and in person, subject to

COVID-19 limitaons by October

30, 2020 and that the 60 days and

two-week requirements set out in

secon 48(3) of the administraon

act would be waived. Execuve

Council concluded their consulta-

ons with the Teslin Tlingit Cizens

on October 28, 2020 and with

Elders Council October 29, 2020.

Execuve Council is recommending

a few amendments be made to the

law, in secons 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15,

26, 27 and 30.

Therefore be it resolved that the

General Council hereby approves

the execuve Council’s recommen-

daons as set out in Resoluon

#2020.004 (November) and there-

fore be it further resolved that

General Council hereby conrms

that all secons of teh law will be

in full force and eect as of No-

vember 20, 2020.

Resoluon 32020.005

Conrmaon of Execuve Elder

92020-2024) - passed

Whereas secon 11.2(b) of the

Teslin Tlingit Council Constuon

sets out that a representave ap-

pointed by the Elders Council will

serve as one of teh nine members

on Execuve Council. On Octo-

ber 29, 2020 the Elders Council

appointed Barbara Hobbis as the

Elders Council representave to

serve on teh Execuve Council for

a term of four years from October

29, 2020to the 2024 Annual Gen-

eral Assembly. Barbara Hobbishas

consented to be the Elders Council

representave to serve on Exec-

uve Council for the term of four

years.

Therefore be it resolved that Gen-

eral Council arms Barbara Hobbis

as the Elders Council representa-

ve for a term of four years, from

October 29, 2020 to the Annual

General Assembly scheduled for

2024.

Resoluon #2020.006

Youth Council Appointments to

TTC Boards and Commiees -

passed

Whereas the Youth Council are

taking measures to contact Teslin

Tlingit youth to idenfy potenal

candidates to serve on various TTC

boards and commiees. The Youth

Council has idened youth to be

appointed to parcular TTC boards

and commiees, to serve on an

interim basis for a period of 12

months, from November 20, 2020.

The Youth Council have nominated

the following youth to serve on

various boards and commiees:

- Savana Kremer; Working Com-

miee on Legislave and Constu-

onal Maers;

- Shania Hogan: Haa Kusteeyi 2021

Planning Commiee;

- Autum Jules: Language and Cul-

tural Oversight commitee and;

- Billy Smarch: Housing Commiee

and Cizenship Commiee.

Each Teslin Tlingit youth idened

has provided their consent to work

on commiees to which they are

appointed.

Therefore be it resolved that

General Council supports and

conrms the appointments of

Savana Kremer, Shania Hogan, Au-

tum Jules and Bill Smarch. These

appointments will be for a term of

12 months, November 20, 2020 -

November 20, 2021).

Resoluon # 2020.007

Working Commiee on Legislaon

and Constuonall Maers:

Appointment of Addional

and Replacement Commiee

Members - passed

4 Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Resoluon # 2020.007

Working Commiee on Legislaon

and Constuonall Maers:

Appointment of Addional

and Replacement Commiee

Members - passed

Whereas on Septmeber 24, 2020,

in accordance with resoluon

# 2020.09.24.009 the General

Council established a clan based

working commiee to undertake

the following specic legislave

and constuonal maers.

A) Complete the legal and

technical draing of Haa Kusteeyi

and present to the Annual General

Assembly for year 2021.

B) Complete a

comprehensive legislave review

of teh Naa Shaade Hani awe kaa

kaa wudsageedi - the elecon of a

leader ( The Leadership Selecon

Act) and the 2020 leadership

elecon process and provide

recommendaons to inform the

2024 leadership selecon process.

The commiee is instructed to

provide their recommendaons to

the general Council at the Annual

General Assembly for the year

2023. and;

C) review the Teslin

Tlingit Constuon and provide

recommendaons to stregthen

the teslin Tlingit clan-based

government.

The working commiee

is instructed to take into

consideraon the leadership

opons Memo ( March 30, 2020)

as part of teh comprehensive

legislave review. The General

Council conrmed the clan

appointments of Sheila Clark

(Dakl’aweidi), Anne Turner

(Ishkitan), Sandy Smarch

(Kukhhian), Marian Sheldon

(Deshitan) and Georgina Sydney

(Yanyeidi) to serve a term of three

years from September 24, 2020 to

teh Annual General Assembly for

year 2023.

The Yanyeidi seat has become

vacant and the Yanyeidi have

idened duane Gastant’

Aucoin to serve as the Yanyeidi

representave on teh working

commiee for a term of three

years.

The Elders Council on October

29, 2020, have appointed Darcy

Kerr to serve as the Elders Council

representave on the working

commiee for a term of three

years.

Savana Kremer has been appointed

by the Youth Council to serve as

the Youth Council representave

on the working commiee.

Therefore be it resolved the the

General Council conrms that:

- Duane Gastant’ Aucoin is

conrmed as the Yanyeidi

representave on the working

commiee,

- Darcy Kerr is conrmed as the

Elders Council representave on

teh working commiee,

- Savana Kremer is conrmed as

teh Youth Council representave

on the working commiee for a

period of 12 months and,

-Bob Magill as the Speaker of the

General Council, will serve as Chair

on the working commiee.

The working commiee is

to provide its preliminary

recommendaons, specic to

compleng Haa Kusteeyi, at the

February General Council meeng

scheduled for February 19-20,

2021.

Santa Clause is Coming to

Town

Dliwkát sheeltín, I keedagaaxéek,

Ish k’ayilooshéek, yisikóo gé,

Sindi Tlaas yá aandéi kgwagóot.

Saax’w akshaaxeet, adaa yakw-

gwas.áa,

aasá I ushk’eiyí

Sindi Tlaas yá aandéi kgwagóot.

Askweix aagáa eeteixí,

askweix aagáa eeteixí,

aasá I ushk’eiyí ka k’eiyí

daa k’idéin kigeestidéi.

Dliwkát sheeltín, I keedagaaxéek,

Ish k’ayilooshéek, yisikóo gé,

Sindi Tlaas yá aandéi kgwagóot.

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I’m telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

He’s making a list,

He’s checking it twice,

He’s gonna nd out who’s naugh-

ty or nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you’re sleep-

ing

And he knows when you’re awake

He knows if you’ve been bad or

good

So be good for goodness sake

You better watch out!

You better not cry

You better not pout, I’m telling you

why

‘Cause Santa Claus is coming to

town

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

This fall, the Lands and Resources

Department helped conduct

three dierent surveys within the

Tradional Territory.

In October Lands and Resources

sta, along with Yukon

Government sta and members

of the Teslin Renewable Resources

Council conducted a composion

survey of the Wolf Lake caribou

herd. This type of survey is used

to gain an understanding of how

many caribou are in a herd, as well

as sex rao and calf numbers of

that herd. This survey will help to

establish an updated populaon

esmate for the Wolf Lake herd,

which will in ulmately allow us to

make decisions that are informed

by accurate and up to date

informaon.

In mid-November, Lands

and Resources sta assisted

Government of Brish Columbia

sta in the collaring caribou in

the Swan Lake herd. The collars

that were deployed will provide

informaon that will help us to

beer understand how caribou

move on the landscape through

all mes of the year. As well,

the collar informaon will help

to establish a beer idea of the

range of the Swan lake caribou.

This informaon will feed into

our various planning processes

and allow us to make thoughul

decisions with caribou in mind.

Also in mid-November, sta of the

Lands and Resources Department,

Government and Brish Columbia

and Government of Yukon, as

well as members of the Teslin

Renewable Resources Council

conducted a survey of the Cassiar

moose populaon. This survey

covered a large swath of land

that spanned both the Yukon and

Brish Columbia porons of our

Tradional Territory. Like the Wolf

Lake composion survey, this

survey will assist us in establishing

an up to date esmate of how

many moose are on the landscape.

This informaon will help us to

make more informed decisions in

all aspects of our work.

These are a few photos of the

landscape from these surveys!

For more informaon about any

of this work please don’t hesitate

to get in touch with the Natural

Resources Manager, Hannah

Turner, at hannah.turner@c-

teslin.com

Lands & Resources Update

Nisutlin Bay Bridge Project

Virtual Informaon Session for Contractors

The RFQ for the Nisutlin Bay Bridge project is live on Yukon.bidsand-

tenders.ca. In order to ensure all potenal contractors understand the

project and what it’s like to live and work in Teslin, a virtual informaon

session was held on December 1, 2020 for all contractors interested in

being qualied to bid on the project. This session was an opportunity

for contractors to meet with representaves from the Government of

Yukon, Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC), Village of Teslin (VoT) as well as our

bridge design consultant (WSP Canada Group Ltd.) to receive a high

level overview of the project and a brief introducon of the culture and

value of the community of Teslin.

Save the Date - Open House

We are nearly ready to present the design of the bridge to the commu-

nity of Teslin. We plan to host an open house in Teslin the week of Janu-

ary 18 if COVID-19 restricons allow. More details will be announced in

the weeks leading up to the event. We look forward to meeng with you

all again.

If you have any quesons about the upcoming Nisutlin Bay Bridge proj-

ect, please email krysten.johnson@gov.yk.ca.

Jordan’s Principle makes sure all

First Nations children living in

Canada can access the products,

services and supports they need,

when they need them.

In Yukon, many households

throughout territory had been gi-

ed food! Families received ‘From

the Ground Up’ vegetable boxes,

ground Bison, canned and whole

salmon! Turkeys were donated

and handed out to families prior to

anksgiving!

ank you all who took action in

helping families through these try-

ing days! ank you to the Jordyn’s

Principle program, organizers and

volunteers!

6 Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Lands & Resources photos

Caribou in the Mcnaughton Creek area

Teslin Lake

Landscape at Mcnaughton Creek

Wolf crossing the iceLandscape photo

Landscape

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Merry Christmas One and All

As reported in the October 2020

edion of the Deslin Neek, the

central focus of our technical

team is on the implementaon of

the Land Related Proposal tabled

to the province on November

26, 2019. Our immediate

goal is to establish an interim

treaty arrangement (ITA) of a

Game Guardian program for

implementaon in BC in 2021.

In support of this iniave, we

have tabled a proposal to BC

which includes esmates from our

exisng Yukon Game Guardian

program in the hopes of moving

the province along.

To ensure that our Aboriginal

rights and tles are protected

and in the spirit of connued

collaboraon between TTC,

CTFN and BC, we have tabled the

concept of a Strategic Decision-

Making Agreement (SDMA) to

collaboravely manage and

administer the lands and resources

of our Tradional Territories,

including approval of disposions,

licenses and permits for access and

use and development.

Our approach to land idencaon

and retenon in BC is based on

tradional land uses owing

from an overall land use plan

(LUP) that will idenfy resource

potenal. It will enable us to make

decisions based on United Naons’

Declaraon on the Rights of

Indigenous Peoples

and the Principles of

Reconciliaon regarding the co-

management and co-governance

of our Tradional Territories.

To move forward on an overarching

LUP, we are applying for resources

from the Treaty Related Measures

(TRM) a federal program for

resources. These programs are

an enormous amount of work to

prepare and not always successful.

To this end, Canada informed

us that a LUP is eligible so

hopefully we are supported in our

endeavors.

We have faced many obstacles

in our quest for self-government

and in dening our righul role

in confederaon. An ongoing

challenge is the development of

a caucus that is respecul and

representave of the family lines

of group trapline 625T002 as well

as other interested Tlingit Cizens.

To discuss this important issue,

we scheduled a public meeng

for January 12, 2021. Our goal

is to establish a respecul and

professional approach to caucus

and to represent a united front.

In the spirit of Haa Kusteeyí,

we must recognize that we are

a disnct Naon and on a path

towards a beer world regardless

of the hurts in our wake.

Going forward together we will

face many challenges and it’s up to

us as a disnct Naon to overcome

these challenges.

Rebuilding the Naon

We, the Dakhka Naon, the Taku

River Tlingit First Naon, Carcross/

Tagish First Naons and the

Teslin Tlingit Council, are working

together to rebuild our Naon.

We are following our Elders’

counsel. We are one Naon living

in dierent areas of our Tradional

Territory. As we connue to work

on Rebuilding the Dakhka Naon,

sharing our knowledge and our

ideas is vital. In the new year,

we will hold virtual gatherings

with Cizens from all three Tlingit

Naons to hear your stories, your

knowledge and ideas about the

Dakhka Naon. We hope you can

join us!

“Reconciliaon must take root

in our hearts, within families,

between generaons and

throughout out communies.” BC

Lieutenant-Governor Janet Ausn

and Judith Sayers President of the

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

A Christmas memory

The day the laughter returned.

Wholly man, it’s been so long

since I’ve seen them drive o,

in a cloud of dust up the road to

the highway. Hughie and I would

run along beside them, then

behind the bus ll it was gone and

them, too. Now here it is, almost

Christmas and they’re supposed

to be here someme soon, but

that’s not soon enough for a 9-year

old. I needed to see Jimmie D, we

were best pals. I want to hear the

sound of laughter and eat soap

berries with everyone from the

same bowl. Go sliding and skang

and do all the stu that comes

naturally, when you’re with your

families. Things like seng snares,

packing water and wood, before it

was just work that had to be done,

now it’s fun, constantly challenging

and imitang each other.

con’t

BC Treaty Negotiations update

8 Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

A visit up to the village brings all

the sounds of joy, laughter, kids

screaming in delight going down

the bank to the lake and there was

always a toboggan to jump on and

enjoy the ride and share a laugh.

The winding trip down to see

aune Mary and them (as we used

to say) at brooks and Aune Kiy if

they were at JC, just depends. Both

aunes were overjoyed to see lile

Ma Ma as they called mother and

all the lile goodies came out like

rock candy, soap berries dry meat

& cracklins. Christmas wouldn’t be

the same if we didn’t visit aune

Lisa and family and share in the

good mes with a visit to them.

Aer Christmas the laughter

seemed to be less, gone by new

years as they all had to leave again,

back to school and our community

was quietly dierent once again.

It was lonely for a kid who really

didn’t understand where the

laughter went and found it hard

to understand we were dierent.

Weren’t we family?

We all sounded the same when we

laughed.

Gunalcheesh

Yesen - David

Fun Christmas Facts

Shop ‘til you drop

$549 million — e value of consumer electronics, such as tele-

visions and audio and video equipment purchased at large retailers

in Canada in December, with a 127% spike compared to average

monthly sales.

$435 million — e value of toys, games and hobby supplies,

including video games, purchased at large retailers in Canada in

December, up a whopping 184% from average monthly sales for this

category.

Canadian Christmas - It’s time to party

6.7 million litres — e volume of commercial sales of eggnog

in Canada in December. Virtually all eggnog sales are in November

and December.

$449 million — e amount of monthly sales of candy, Christmas

chocolate and snack foods sales at large retailers in December, the

month with the highest sales.

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

2,381 — e number of farms that grow Christmas trees in Cana-

da. e most Christmas tree farms are found in Ontario, with 647

farms.

55 acres — e average area of land per farm allocated to grow-

ing Christmas trees in Quebec. Christmas tree farms in Quebec are,

on average, the largest in Canada, followed by Nova Scotia with an

average size of 52 acres per farm.

Festively named places in Canada:

For the most festively named place in Canada, why not plan a trip to

Christmas Island, Nova Scotia? en again, there is Gi Lake in Al-

berta, and Reindeer Station in the Northwest Territories, At Christ-

mas, also give a shout out to Chimney Lake, British Columbia, Sled

Lake in Saskatchewan, and the decoratively named Holly, Ontario

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Whoot! We were successful in

our applicaon to the On Yukon

Time funding program oered

through YTG, which will enable

us to connue running our

Community Art program through

the winter. Thank you to Tara

Easley for taking a leading role in

the program (helping to coordinate

supply purchases and facilitang

classes) along with all of our

guest facilitators and parcipants

who have made this program a

great success. The program runs

Wednesday nights from 6:30-

9:30pm and we will be adding

more advanced ‘skill builder’

session the rst Wednesday of

each month starng in January.

Advance sign up is required

weekly.

We had a great turn out for our

Community Wellness Fun Day on

November 14. Parcipants spent

the aernoon making self care

items, healthy snacks, painng

nails and doing some Christmas

Cras. For those that enjoyed the

day, or may have missed out but

would have enjoyed it, make sure

you check out the DIY Life Hacks

program, running Mondays from

7-9pm. This is a program focused

on Do It Yourself projects to

make your life easier, happier and

healthier with facilitator Brandy

Golebeski sharing creave ‘life

hacks’ that may help you in the

kitchen, around the house, and in

every day life. Please sign up in

advance weekly by calling Village

of Teslin (VoT).

Seniors are welcome to join us

Wednesdays from 1-3pm for

Carpet Bowling and a fun social

aernoon. Badminton and

Pickleball connue on a drop-in

basis for all community members

at the Rec Plex with badminton

on Tuesday nights at 7pm and

Pickleball at noon on Wednesdays.

We have really been enjoying our

snowpants at Kids Club either

playing out in the snow or in the

rink every Thursday and have had

great parcipaon at Kids in the

Kitchen (Tues 3:30) and Boys Club

(Thurs 5:30) too.

Minor Hockey, Ladies Hockey and

Adult Hockey are back running

with our Arena guidelines and

Return to play plan in eect. We

are excited to connue rebuilding

the hockey spirit here in Teslin by

bringing back the Minor Hockey

Trophies. The last me these were

awarded was 1996, so we are

long over due. We started o by

awarding the ‘Coach of the Year’

award to Amy Handrahan for her

commitment to TMH last year, and

moving ahead will award the ‘Most

Sportsmanlike’, ‘Best Hustler’,

‘Most Improved’, and ‘Most

Valuable Player’ Trophies for the

2020-21 season.

Public Skang takes place

Wednesdays from 7-9p and Fridays

from 3:30-5p. Please ensure

you have reviewed the arena

guidelines, signed the necessary

forms and paid any fees prior to

stepping on the ice for hockey or

public skang.

We had a Curling drop-in day

on Nov. 16, with a good turnout

and enough interest expressed

to connue curling at the arena,

Mondays at 7pm on a weekly basis.

We will connue with a drop-

in format unl we have enough

people to potenally form regular

teams for a mini-league here in

Teslin. We are excited to start

planning our outdoor Lakespiel

again for February and working

towards a Cabin Fever Event Series

that would include this and other

events to help us stay happy and

healthy…through the winter…

through the pandemic… as a

community!!!

We know things will look a lile

dierent this Christmas, but

there is sll lots of safe ways to

spread some holiday cheer! The

annual VOT Hayride will now be a

Christmas Light Parade. We will

gather at the VOT parking lot at

6:30pm on Thursday, Dec. 9 and

parade through town looking at all

the lights. There are many great

prize categories again this year,

including Best Decorated Vehicle,

so Let’s light up the night Teslin!

We will also do a Christmas Cra

Contest with parcipants geng

baskets dropped o to them on

Dec.11 and having a week to

come up with a Christmas themed

cra using only the random

items provided. Please call VoT

to reserve 1 of the 10 baskets for

your family. December 22 will be a

Christmas Baking day and we will

have aernoon Public Skates on

Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.

The Rec Plex is again a buzz of

acvies and meengs happening

more regularly and we kindly

remind everyone that we can only

remain open if everyone does

their part to abide by the COVID

precauons and safe 6 guidelines.

As of December 1, masks will be

mandatory inside the Rec Plex.

Thank You!

Teslin Recreation Update

10 Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Deisleen Development Corporation (DDC)

Deisleen Development Corporaon

(DDC) was formed in 2013 and

operated from 2016 to 2019 under

the guidance of its Long-Term

Sustainability Plan. This rst phase

was regarded as a considerable

success, expanding local business

and employment opportunies

signicantly through the set-up

and operaon of its three principal

social enterprises, being DDC

Project Management, Lightning

Fire Management and Teslin

Environmental Services.

Throughout 2019 and 2020 The

Board of Directors has been

discussing the implementaon

of ‘Opportunies Deisleen’.

‘Opportunies Deisleen’ is solely

the working name of our new

venture to parcipate in the

Community Development Plan, to

be founded with a disnct Social

Enterprise mandate. The following

prole is a work-in-progress and

is being expanded into a business

plan to guide investment and

implementaon.

Vision

“All our residents have access to

their own opportunies to meet

their needs”

Mission

“To enable sustainable community

social development by

• linking CDP job creaon and

training opportunies to our

residents most in need; and

• overcoming barriers to our

residents beneng from

implementaon of the CDP

projects”

Goals

1. Idenfy and focus on contracts

to undertake set-aside project

secons that are low in prot

but high in social development

potenal

2. Be the subcontractor of choice

for project proponents and

general contractors to meet their

obligaons to fulll First Naon

Parcipaon Plans and ensure local

benets and social development

3. Provide suitable employment &

training to residents that

• Only need/capable of part-me

and/or seasonal work

• Experience challenges to

securing or staying in work due to

- Personal issues (health or other)

- Skills decits

4. Be nancially self-sustaining

from fees and market revenues

aer inial start-up investment

In 2020 the Board of Directors

approved the DDC Business Equity

Grant Program. This pilot project

strives to assist Teslin business and

entrepreneurs by:

Providing business equity

‘matching’ grants by DDC of up

to $10,000 per entrepreneur

(unl annual allocated budget

used). Applicaons are accepted

from entrepreneurs with

business proposals approved

by DNV for nancing from the

CanNor Entrepreneur & Business

Development (EBD) program.

Teslin Aordable Rental Housing

Development

The DDC conducted two surveys

in Teslin and one of the issues

idened was that the lack of

stable housing is the number one

barrier to aracng and retaining

people in the community long-

term, building skills, careers and

self-reliance. As such DDC draed

the Teslin Aordable Rental

Housing Development Business

Case and the Business Case

Summary and posted both on our

website early in 2020.

The DDC retained Taylor

Architecture Group to provide

opons for the design and

construcon of ve individual one-

bedroom housing units on a single

lot in Teslin. The Final Report once

approved by the Board of Directors

will be sent to the Teslin Tlingit

Council and Village of Teslin for

discussion and posted to the DDC

website at ddc-teslin.com.

DDC Project Managed during 2020

the:

Dangerous Trees Project – Teslin

Residents aended at the DDC

oce idenfying danger trees in

their yards that they wished to

have removed. An Arborist from

Carcross, YT was retained to top or

remove idened trees and a TTC

Contractor (who hired 2 cizens)

was retained to remove trees and

brush and take to either the Bio-

Mass Yard or the Teslin Landll.

215 trees were either topped or

removed.

12 Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Abandoned Vehicle Project –

Teslin Residents aended at the

DDC oce to submit requests to

have derelict vehicles removed

from their yards and taken to

the Teslin Landll. A Request

for Expressions of Interest

for qualied contractors/

individuals was posted around

the community. Two Contractors

responded to the posng (one TTC

contractor and one non-TTC). The

contractors split the list in half. 92

abandoned vehicles were removed

(environmentally safe removal).

Charles Jules Subdivision Road

Upgrade - DDC was retained by

TTC to manage all engineering

reports and all the construcon

of the upgrade to the road at the

Charles Jules Duplex Road. Two

local contractors were retained to

do the work on the upgrade.

FireSmart 2020 – DDC project

manages the FireSmart program

for both the Village of Teslin and

the Teslin Tlingit Council. Six

sawyers/slashers were retained

and 5 hectares were cleared and

brushed on the Sawmill Road.

TTC Slashing Projects – 6 sawyers/

slashers were retained to clear

land on short projects and two

TTC Contractors were retained for

equipment use

DDC is currently in the draing

stage of developing the DDC

Procurement Policy which includes

Appendix A – Teslin Tlingit and

Local Economic Benets Policy.

This policy will apply to all

procurement by DDC and all our

subsidiary corporaons including

Lighng Fire Management and

Teslin Environmental Service. Once

the dra is nalized and approved

by the Board of Directors it will be

posted on the DDC Website.

The Board of Directors and sta

of the Deisleen Development

Corporaon wish you all a Merry

Christmas and May the New Year

bless you with health, wealth and

happiness.

Effective December 1st, 2020

All persons must wear a mask/face covering in

any public space in Yukon

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

COVID-19

PRACTISE SAFETY

1. Keep your distance.

If you need to get close, respect others’ boundaries , ask before moving closer.

* avoid handshakes, hugs, snicks

* Avoid crowded areas/places - stores

* limit visits with vulnerable people - Elders, babies, people with higher risk or in poor health

2. Keep your hands clean

Wash your hands oen. There are more ways you can keep your hands clean:

* use hand sanizer (wiht at least about 70% alcohol

* avoid touching things/face

* cough and sneeze into elbow

* clean shared surfaces

3. Feeling under the weather? Stay home

Even if you feel you could power through the day, do not. When you stay home,

you protect others and allow Yukoners to carry on and stay healthy. You should stay home if

you have any of the

following symptoms:

* fever or chills

* cough

* shortness of breath

* runny nose

* sore throat

* headache

* fague (not because you stayed up late)

* loss of appite

* nausea/voming

* diarrhea

* muscle aches

* Use the online COVID-19 self assessment tool or call local health centre to see if you should

get tested for COVID-19*

14 Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

4. Avoid crowds

Less is more when it comes to group gatherings. Unless someone’s in your social bubble, no

close talking when you meet. For all gatherings, keep 6 feet apart (2 meters) between you and any

one else who is not in your social bubble;

* indoor gatherings - limit your group to 10 people (10 is the limit, even if your bubble is 15)

* outdoor gatherings - 50 people limit

* organized indoor gatherings - limit to 50 people

* organized outdoor gatherings - limit to 100 people

* Read more on gathering guidelines at yukon.ca/covid *

5. Travel - respect others.

Get to know each other. Same place, new norm

Consider the risk before travelling between communies. Follow guidelines. It is about respecng

everyone’s comfort levels. Yukon First Naon communies and governments have travel adviso-

ries; if a community or First Naon governement has not issued an advisory, travel responsibly and

follow all covid guidelines.

6. Self-isolate if necessary

Be creative with ways to stay connected.

No need to be lonely, even if you are alone. Keep in touch with the outside world while you

are inside. Video chat, telephone or even write a leer. It is communicang without touching. You

must self-isolate if:

* you have just arrived in or returned to Yukon (some excepons)

* you’ve been in contact with someone diagnosed with Covid

* you’re waing on covid test results

You do not need to self-isolate if you are a resident of:

* Atlin

* Lower post

* Fireside

* Jade City

* Fraser

* Pleasant Camp

* nearby First Naons

*Crical workers arriving in Yukon must follow guidelines for crical services*

* Read more on self-isolaon at yukon.ca/covid *

7. Face coverings or masks are manditory

As of December 1st, 2020 - all Yukon public spaces/buildings require people to wear masks of face coverings for

the protecon of self and others. Teslin Tlingit Council requires all visitors to have face masks or coverings in bui-

ings. Ensure masks cover mouth, chin and nose.

Safety 1st

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Community Safety Consultant/Advisor

Teslin Tlingit Council Execuve

would like to welcome Gina

Nagano Community Safety

Consultant/Advisor to our

community of Teslin. Gina

will be working with our

sta, cizens, community

members and other jusce

professionals towards

developing a Community Safety

Plan that reects the needs of

Teslin Tlingit Council and the

Community.

Gina is a Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First

Naon Beneciary & Cizen,

she is of the Wolf Clan from

Dawson and presently resides

in Whitehorse, Yukon. She

rered from her rst career

as a police ocer (Sergeant)

aer serving 21 years of loyal

service with the Royal Canadian

Mounted Police. She has a very

diverse background in policing

and served as operaonal and

administraonal police ocer

within the RCMP and within

many Aboriginal Communies in

Canada.

In April 2006, she began

her second career with the

Department of Jusce Canada

as the Northern Regional

Coordinator for the Indigenous

Jusce Directorate’s Indigenous

Jusce Strategy (AJS). She was

responsible for the Federal

contribuon agreements along

with researching, idenfying

and assisng in developing

community based jusce

programs with her Territorial

partners.

In 2014, she was employed

as the Aboriginal Correcons

Development Ocer for

Correconal Services Canada

– Pacic Region in Whitehorse,

Yukon developing release plans

with oenders, case managers

and Aboriginal Communies

and organizaons, and provided

training, advice and support in

the development of plans for

Secon 84 of the Correcons

and Condional Release Act

(CCRA).

In April 2016, she was employed

with Kwanlin Dün First Naon

as the Jusce Coordinator and

then Jusce Manager unl

November 2016 then became

the A/Director of Jusce. Gina

recently stepped down from

the A/Director posion and

has taken on contract work

to oversee, coordinate and

implement Kwanlin Dün First

Naon’s Community Safety

Ocer Program.

Since September of 2018

Gina has been working as a

consultant with Selkirk First

Naon in Pelly Crossing, Yukon

to help them organically, and

sustainably, develop their

capacity to address their own

needs in relaon to community

safety. Gina also assisted in

designing and developing

Selkirk’s own Community Safety

Ocer Program.

Gina specializes in social jusce

infrastructure design that is

custom, responsive, trauma-

informed, and sensive to the

community or client’s needs.

With her wide range of services

that can vary signicantly

depending on the needs and

communies current capacity;

her general approach is to build

a foundaonal understanding of

the unique risk and protecve

factors, history, and dynamic

variables. She helps idenfy the

most eecve path forward –

one that is not only empirically

valid grounded in research

and best pracce, but that

compliments and amplies

tradional pracces.

Gina builds solid, well rounded

plans that empower First

Naons, and walk the process of

reconciliaon in reclaiming the

strength within the tradions,

teachings, and people; and bring

healing for the generaons that

follow.

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Announcements

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***NOTE***

**New self-isolaon rules**

If you are planning to have guests from outside of Yukon during the hol-

idays, you must be aware of the new self-isolaon rules. Self-isolaon

opon one will allow you to share meals and hugs with your guests, how-

ever every member of your household will be required to self-isolate

for 14 days or If your guest leaves before 14 days, you must connue to

self-isolate for three days. If everyone in your household and your de-

parted guest do not have symptoms aer three days, your household is

free to leave your self-isolaon.

Deslin Neek • Issue 60 November/December 2020

Congratulations

Commissioner of Yukon introduces

the 2020 Inductees to the Order of

Yukon

Published 02/12/2020

e Commissioner of Yukon

Angélique Bernard, in her capacity

as Chancellor of the Order of

Yukon, is honoured and thrilled

to announce the 2020 inductees to

the Order of Yukon. e inductees

were chosen from the many

nominations that were submitted to

the Advisory Council.

e following 2020 inductees were

chosen for their demonstrated

excellence and achievement and

their outstanding contributions to

the social, cultural or economic

well-being of Yukon and its

residents:

•

Keith Byram

• Jack Cable

• Bess Cooley

• William Klassen

• Dr. Sally MacDonald

• Agnes Mills

• Doug Phillips

• Gere Tom

• Ron Veale

• Frances Woolsey

Congratulaons to the 2020

Order of Yukon inductees who

have greatly contributed to the

development of our territory.

Thank you to the nominators for

bringing forward names of such

deserving Yukoners and thank you

to the Order of Yukon Advisory

Council members who have the

important but tough task of

evaluang nominaons.

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Announcements

Teslin Tlingit Council

Purpose: To update Residency List of

who resides on Settlement Land for

Income Tax purposes.

Please call or email the person below,

if you moved on or o settlement land

before December 31, 2020

Contact Information

Bernadette Morris

Phone: 867-390-2532 Ext 341

Email:

bernadette.morris@ttc-teslin.com

Christmas Word Scramble

Unscramble the letters to find words which have to do with Christmas.

Some of the words have religious meanings, others are secular in nature.

1. Groceos ____________________

2. Naclorig ____________________

3. Rats ______________________

4. Scunttshe __________________

5. Porduhl ____________________

6. Naast _____________________

7. Skagceap ___________________

8. Dressephh __________________

9. Gramen ____________________

10. Galen ____________________

11. Limesotte ___________________

12. Vaniyitt ____________________

13. Gotscink ___________________

14. Virasou ___________________

15. Traweh ___________________

16. Gisehl ____________________

17. Wamsonn __________________

18. Ejuss _____________________

19. Stranneom _________________

20. Scamsthir __________________

Christmas Word Scramble

Unscramble the letters to find words which have to do with Christmas.

Some of the words have religious meanings, others are secular in nature.

1. Groceos ___________________

2. Naclorig ___________________

3. Rats ______________________

4. Scunttshe __________________

5. Porduhl ____________________

6. Naast _____________________

7. Skagceap __________________

8. Dressephh _________________

9. Gramen ___________________

10. Galen ____________________

11. Limesotte __________________

12. Vaniyitt ___________________

13. Gotscink __________________

14. Virasou ___________________

15. Traweh ___________________

16. Gisehl ____________________

17. Wamsonn __________________

18. Ejuss _____________________

19. Stranneom _________________

20. Scamsthir __________________

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Announcements

Birthday/Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to my Nephew

Richard Grant, November 1st,

my brother Raymond Douville,

November 16th, and Birthday

wishes to my sons Tim Dewhurst

Jr for December 3, and Paul Bosely

for December 9th.! Many more

and wish you all a wonderful day.

Lots of love from Mom, Sister,

Aunty!!!

Happy Birthday to our Brother

Earl Douville, December 13, love

from all your Sisters and Brother

Raymond, nieces and nephews.

Many more!!

Wishing Leon Jules a Happy

Birthday for Nov.6 with Love

from your Wife, three Sons

and grandkids and great

granddaughters.

Birthday greengs to Loren Jules

for Nov. 11th. Wishing you all the

best and many more. With Love

from Dad n Mom and Brothers,

your Nephews and your Children.

Xoxo.

Happy Birthday Tyrone Sidney

wishing you a Great year and many