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The
Beginning
Born at a traditional Dene bush
camp on Yelta Lake near Fort Good Hope, NWT in 1950,
Mr. Kakfwi spent his early years on the land, learning
the customs of his people and developing a life-long
respect for the wilderness and its resources.
Like many young Dene he was later sent to residential
schools for seven years in Inuvik and Fort Smith, both
500 miles from his family home. |
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part way through completing a teacher’s degree at
the University of Alberta, Mr. Kakfwi returned to his
home community of Fort Good Hope on the Arctic Circle.
At the time, the NWT Dene, Métis, Inuit and Inuvialuit
were beginning to organize politically in the north and
across Canada, demanding recognition of their Aboriginal
land and self government rights. These
formative experiences, involving a traditional life
on the land and assimilation into a foreign language
and culture, helped prepare Mr. Kakfwi for an extraordinary
career serving his people, the NWT and Canada.
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Copyright @ 2010 Stephen Kakfwi |
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