Our Land Use Plan – Nan wúújq t’aa dâah’aa? – was developed through a grassroots planning process with DRFN members over many years, and was approved by DRFN Council on June 14, 2024. The DRFN Land Use Plan is in alignment with the traditional teachings of our Náácheṉe (dreamers). It represents an important step towards asserting DRFN’s jurisdiction and once again fulfilling our sacred responsibility to look after the land, the water, and the animals.
The DRFN Land Use Plan is a forward-looking document that sets out direction to manage the lands and resources throughout the DRFN Planning Area responsibly and effectively. The DRFN Land Use Plan has been developed with the following strategic objectives in mind:
Express DRFN stewardship and jurisdiction over resource development
Ensure the Treaty is honoured
Protect Dane-ẕâa knowledge, culture, patterns of land use and way of life
Heal the land and water and manage cumulative effects
Outline expectations of the Crown and industry proponents
