Kwanlin Dun First Nation

Kwanlin Dün First Nation Chief Doris Bill announced new funding and support for addictions on Feb. 11. (Yukon News file)

KDFN announces expanded supports for substance use disorder

Private treatment options, Sarah’s House and drug testing services outlined

 

Robin Sharples, a research forester with the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, pull off some sample needles from a spruce tree at Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre in Whitehorse on Dec. 6, 2018. The First Nation has announced that all of its buildings will stay under 14-day isolation rules even after May 25. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Isolation rules still in place for Kwanlin Dün First Nation workplaces

The council will revisist the rules on June 10

 

This shows where the new development would happen in the Range Point neighbourhood. (Submitted)

Range Point stands to be first major residential development on settlement land

KDFN, YG developing master plan

 

The Fish Lake area viewed from the top of Haeckel Hill on Sept. 11, 2018. The Yukon government and Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) announced they are in the beginning stages of a local area planning process for the area. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Local area planning for Fish Lake announced

The Government of Yukon and Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) announced in…

The Fish Lake area viewed from the top of Haeckel Hill on Sept. 11, 2018. The Yukon government and Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) announced they are in the beginning stages of a local area planning process for the area. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
After a decade spent gathering the stories, history and language of its people, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation has released its written history, <em>Kwanlin Dün Dǎ kwǎndur ghày ghakwadîndur Our Stories in Our Words</em>. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

A history of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation detailed in new book

Publication has been a 10-year effort

After a decade spent gathering the stories, history and language of its people, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation has released its written history, <em>Kwanlin Dün Dǎ kwǎndur ghày ghakwadîndur Our Stories in Our Words</em>. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)
Kwanlin Dün First Nation chief Doris Bill holds up a signed copy of the KDFN <em>Lands Act</em> agreement during an announcement at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse on Oct. 20. Under the new act, called Nan kay sháwthän Däk’anúta ch’e (We all look after our land) in Southern Tutchone, KDFN will be able to allot citizens land to build their own houses on, for example, or to use for traditional activities. The First Nation will also be able to enforce laws around things like land access and littering. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s Lands Act comes into force

The act gives the First Nation the authority to manage, protect and enforce laws on its settlement lands

Kwanlin Dün First Nation chief Doris Bill holds up a signed copy of the KDFN <em>Lands Act</em> agreement during an announcement at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse on Oct. 20. Under the new act, called Nan kay sháwthän Däk’anúta ch’e (We all look after our land) in Southern Tutchone, KDFN will be able to allot citizens land to build their own houses on, for example, or to use for traditional activities. The First Nation will also be able to enforce laws around things like land access and littering. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

Kwanlin Dün, Yukon RCMP sign letter of expectation on community policing

Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Yukon RCMP have signed a letter…

Doris Bill re-elected as chief of Kwanlin Dün First Nation

This will be Bill’s third consecutive term as chief of the First Nation.

Ian Kuster says he would put citizens first if named KDFN chief

He said housing needs to be prioritized

‘Maybe there’s a reason why I’m still here’: Doris Bill on seeking re-election

The chief of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation recently underwent treatment for thyroid cancer

Kwanlin Dün First Nation chief undergoing thyroid cancer treatment

Doris Bill released a statement Nov. 1 saying she would be travelling to Vancouver for treatment

KDFN gets $25.75M from Yukon and Canada for new community hub

The hub will be build on the current site of the KDFN administration building

KDFN chief expresses ‘outrage’ after citizen with appropriate voucher denied cab rides

The citizen was trying to get from Whitehorse airport to the hospital to see his dying brother

Kwanlin Dün community safety officers aim to build trust

‘They basically pledged to the community … that somebody would always answer the phone to hear them’

Whitehorse march marks anniversary of Wendy Carlick, Sarah MacIntosh murders

The march, held in Whitehorse’s McIntyre subdivision, also honoured Allan Waugh and Greg Dawson

Salmon restoration project to continue despite fire, says Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

‘This is a well-established and healthy project, dear to the hearts of the Ta’an people’

KDFN plans to run own home for youth

‘I think we can work with them to prepare them for life outside the system’

KDFN treats apartment buildings for bedbugs

Residents of one the buildings expressed frustration at years-long, recurring issue

Bedbug situation in Whitehorse building becoming intolerable, resident says

Gabriel Smarch said he’s been dealing with bedbugs since he moved into his apartment 15 years ago

KDFN begins clearing decrepit cars off Old Village land

First Nation filed suit against man living on site