ross ree-ver de-nuh | Ross River Dena Council First Nation
Community Profile
- The Ross River Dena Council represents the Dena people in the Ross River region of Yukon, Canada, preserving their traditional lands and cultural heritage
- Last Updated 2025-05-15 09:03:55 UTC
- Name: Ross River Dena Council (ISC Code: 497)
- Former Names: Ross River First Nation, Ross River Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Yukon Plateau
- Indigenous Language: Kaska
- Number of Registered Members: 551
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 03/16/2025
- CHIEF: DYLAN LOBLAW
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- DYLAN LOBLAW
- DOROTHY SMITH
- JIMMY SMITH
- ROBERTA DICK
- VERNA NUKON
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.theyukon.ca/cdps/cditem.cfm?NID=58
- PHONE NUMBER: (867) 969-2277
- FAX NUMBER: (867) 969-2405
- ADDRESS: GENERAL DELIVERY, ROSS RIVER, YT
- EMAILS:
- Chief DYLAN LOBLAW:
- Councillor DOROTHY SMITH:
- Councillor JIMMY SMITH:
- Councillor ROBERTA DICK:
- Deputy Chief VERNA NUKON:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2024 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Ross River Dena Council20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Ross River Dena Council20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Ross River Dena Council20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Ross River Dena Council20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Ross River Dena Council20082009.pdf
- 2006 - Ross River Dena Council20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Ross River Dena Council20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Ross River Dena Council20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Ross River Dena Council20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Ross River Dena Council20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Ross River Dena Council20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
- Geographic Region: Northern Yukon Plateau
- Traditional Land Use Areas: Upper Pelly River watershed, Yukon River tributaries
- Key Ecological Zones: Boreal forest, alpine tundra
- Significant Sites: Traditional hunting grounds, cultural gathering places along river systems
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Ross River Dena Council v. Government of Yukon
- Ross River Dena Council v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v Canada (Attorney General)
- Ross River Dena Council v Yukon (Government of)
- Ross River Dena Council v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Ross River Band v. HMTQ and Yukon
- Ross River Dena Council v. Government of Yukon
- Canada v. Ross River Dena Council Band
- R.R.D.C. v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Ross River Dena Council v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. Yukon
- Ross River Dena Council Band v. Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. Yukon
- Ross River Dena Council v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Ross River Dena Council v. Attorney General of Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. Canada
- Ross River Dena Council v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Ross River Dena Council v Yukon (Government of)
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- First Nation, Yukon and federal gov'ts agree to look into new protected area
- Ross River Dena Council and Partners Unite to Explore Conservation in the Yukon
- Ross River Dena Council and Canadian Governments Sign Historic Agreement
- Yukon and Indigenous leaders consider vast protected area for caribou
- Proposed protected area in Yukon is about recognizing Indigenous sovereignty, says conservationist
- Assessment of large protected area in the Yukon proceeds
- Yukon ponders national park and Indigenous protected area, excludes mineral exploration areas
- Ross River Dena Council swimmer set for Junior Pan Pacific Championship
- Yukon could get new Indigenous protected area the size of Vancouver Island
- Ross River Dena Council, the Government of Yukon and Parks Canada sign a Memorandum of Understanding to assess the feasibility of establishing a new protected area in the Yukon
- First Nations’ housing projects near completion
- Yukon gov't knew about sexual assault allegations against employee for years, documents show
- Siblings from Ross River, Yukon, making waves in competitive swimming
- Ross River Dena propose Indigenous protected area in Yukon
- From Ross River to the North American Indigenous Games: Meet Team Yukon's flag bearer
- Yukon community left without any answers a year after Indigenous woman vanished
- Kaska Dena, caribou and the looming shadow of the Kudz Ze Kayah mine
- Pelly Banks and their fight to be recognized - APTN | Our Stories
- Community leaders want solutions as health centres in Yukon continue to reduce services
- The unceded Yukon
- Kudz Ze Kayah approval is a ‘blatant disregard’ of First Nations rights: Ross River Dena Chief
- Kaska nations concerned with ‘over-hunting’ in their territories
- Ross River Dena Council shocked, angry at land claim proposal
- High stakes
- Claim Denied: Yukon Court Provides Guidance on When a Tribal Council Can Deal with Indigenous Rights
- Ross River mineral staking ban extended for one year
- Kaska Dena Council asking federal gov't for $1.5B land claim payout
- 'It's our way of life': Ross River Dena defend hunting permits plan
- Yukon First Nation causes stir with plan to issue their own hunting permits
- Simpcw First Nation declares watershed as Indigenous conservation area
- This Yukon First Nation wants to use native plants to help remediate abandoned mine sites
- $1.5B proposal not a land claim, says Kaska Dena Council chair
- Yukon government releases statement conflicting with traditional territory hunting bans
- Ross River Dena Council wants 'overarching' consultation on hunting licences
- Indigenous guardians raise the alarm on impact of climate change in Canada
- Indigenous guardians sound alarm about climate change impacts in Canada
- Proposed protected area in Yukon is about recognizing Indigenous sovereignty, says conservationist
- Ross River Dena Council, the Government of Yukon, and Parks Canada sign a Memorandum of Understanding to assess the feasibility of establishing a new protected area in the Yukon
- Kaska chief says his nation ‘can’t support’ proposed mine after consultation
- Tuja Dreyer wins 2020 Premier’s Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sports
- Yukon First Nation causes stir with plan to issue their own hunting permits
- Proposed mine in Yukon challenged by Kaska Nation
- Yukon First Nations leaders fear mine will increase violence against women in ‘land of the caribou’
- Proposed protected area in Yukon is about recognizing Indigenous sovereignty, says conservationist
- Kaska First Nation 'not too happy' with mining project advancement
- Indigenous guardians sound alarm about climate change impacts in Canada
- Canada, Yukon fail to consult over proposed mine says Kaska Nation
- Jurisdiction over traditional territory demanded
- Yukon, Ottawa failed to consult Indigenous group on ‘economic feasibility’ of mine project
- Court Finds that a Good Record of Consultation Can Be Ruined By Last Minute Rush to Decision
- B.C. Indigenous guardians sound alarm about impact of climate change
- In Yukon, Maxime Bernier suggests changing or scrapping Indian Act
- Kaska seek $1.5B settlement, 23 per cent of Yukon in land claim
- RRDC seeks judicial review of Kudz Ze Kayah mine approval on behalf of all Kaska Nations
- The 10th North American Indigenous Games
- Indigenous guardians sound alarm about climate change impacts in Canada
- Ross River Dena Council, the Government of Yukon, and Parks Canada sign a Memorandum of Understanding to assess the feasibility of establishing a new protected area in the Yukon
- Industry applauds Kaska Nation plan to pass resource law
- 7 N.W.T., 2 Yukon First Nations publish chief, council salaries
- Yukon Court of Appeal denies stay in a dispute involving a mining project on First Nation territory
- Traditional potlatches honour missing and murdered women
- Yukon Government and Ross River Dena Council First Nation
- Yukon appeal court orders more consultation on Kudz Ze Kayah mine project
- Yukon appeal court hears case over approval of Kudz Ze Kayah mine project
- Remote flight school for First Nations to open in Faro, Yukon
- Ross River Dena Council appeals court ruling that consultation on mine project was mostly adequate
- Yukon gov't disputes claim it didn't fully consult First Nations over Kudz Ze Kayah mine project
- Yukon Court of Appeal Confirms That Consultation Does Not Require the Crown to Assume Aboriginal Title Exists
- As regulators allow the Kudz Ze Kayah mine to proceed, court fight continues
- Yukon Supreme Court sides with federal gov't against Ross River Dena Council
- Ross River Dena want in on Faro mine clean up
- Yukon and Indigenous leaders consider vast protected area for caribou
- Members of the Ross River Dena Council protest drug dealing, bootlegging
- Sentencing for Ross River, Yukon, man in Mary Ann Ollie manslaughter case pushed to next year
- Stitching tradition: Yukon teen honours her Kaska Dena culture with traditional clothing designs
- Yukon decision informs duty to consult
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Another Good Thing: Ross River Dena Council v Canada in the Yukon Court of Appeal, Or: Indigenous Title, Presentism in Law and History, and a Judge Begbie …
- Guardians of the Gūdzīh.
- Northern mine remediation: Final activity report
- Impact and benefits agreements: Do the Ross River Dena benefit from mineral projects?
- " We have our footsteps everywhere": The Ross River Dena's fight to protect Dena Keyeh/Kaska Country: Winner of the 2021 Northern Writing Prize.
- The Ross River Dena: A Yukon Aboriginal Economy
- BLIND CREEK CHINOOK SALMON ENUMERATION WEIR, 2003
- Relations, not resources: Dena k'éh as anti-colonial force against Yukon wildlife management
- Indigenous Exchange Forum: Transition in mine closure
- The Yukon's Open Entry Mining System Declared a Breach of the Duty to Consult with First Nations
- Guardians of the Gūdzīh
- An inventory of mapping projects in connection with Aboriginal land and resource use in Canada: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, history workshop …
- The reclamation and rematriation of Tsē Zūl: the Tū Łídlīni Dena's story of the Faro Mine
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