peh-dzeh-kee | Pehdzeh Ki First Nation
Community Profile
- The Pehdzeh Ki First Nation is an Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories, part of the Dehcho First Nations region, with strong traditional connections to the land and Mackenzie River valley.
- Last Updated 2025-04-27 22:20:56 UTC
- Name: Pehdzeh Ki First Nation (ISC Code: 756)
- Former Names: Wrigley Lake First Nation
- Band Style: Dene
- Cultural Area: Mackenzie River Valley
- Indigenous Language: Dene Zhatie (South Slavey)
- Number of Registered Members: 354
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 04/02/2027
- CHIEF: JESSE NEKENEYIA-MOSES
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- JESSE NEKENEYIA-MOSES
- JASON HORESAY
- DAVIS JAMES MOSES
- NICOLE VIOLET HARDISTY
- JENSSEN CLILLE
- FREDDIE LENNIE
- ALBERT CLILLE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.dehcho.org/members/wrigley.htm
- PHONE NUMBER: (867) 581-3321
- FAX NUMBER: (867) 581-3229
- ADDRESS: GENERAL DELIVERY, WRIGLEY, NT
- EMAILS:
- Chief JESSE NEKENEYIA-MOSES:
- Councillor JASON HORESAY:
- Councillor DAVIS JAMES MOSES:
- Councillor NICOLE VIOLET HARDISTY:
- Councillor JENSSEN CLILLE:
- Councillor FREDDIE LENNIE:
- Councillor ALBERT CLILLE:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band 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
- 2004 - Pehdzeh Ki First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Pehdzeh Ki First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Pehdzeh Ki First Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Pehdzeh Ki First Nation20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 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
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ISC Code: 8507
WRIGLEY SETTLEMENT
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- Encompasses lands surrounding Wrigley and Mackenzie River valley
- Traditional hunting and fishing territories in Northwest Territories
- Includes boreal forest and river ecosystems
- Historically used for caribou hunting, fishing, and seasonal migrations
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Indigenous Peoples Day across the N.W.T.
- Five NWT groups share $19M housing investment
- Pehdzeh Ki First Nation in Wrigley will step away from Dehcho process, says chief
- Ottawa to invest nearly $19 million for new homes in Fort Liard, Nahanni Butte, Wrigley, Lutsel K’e and Tlicho communities
- $10K for Dene beaded gauntlets? Indigenous couture becoming 'luxury fashion,' say designers
- 'The whole fashion business has changed': N.W.T. designer helping train Indigenous artists
- Here’s what’s happening in the NWT for Indigenous Peoples Day
- Chief Kenny Cayen is new Dehcho First Nations grand chief
- New Dene media company puts Indigenous narratives first, founder says
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: What’s happening in your community?
- Dehcho First Nations not impressed with federal gov't land claim offer
- What a change in federal gov't could mean for N.W.T. land claim talks
- Pedzeh Ki First Nation leaves Dehcho negotiations
- Pehdzeh Ki First Nation and Aklavik announce fall election
- Dene identity affects 'every aspect of who I am,' says med school graduate from Wrigley, N.W.T.
- Adäka Festival culminates in a night of fashion
- Former N.W.T. MLA Michael Nadli named chief negotiator for Dehcho First Nations
- Dehcho member protests nomination process as grand chief candidates are announced
- Caroline Wawzonek: Collaboration with Indigenous Governments
- Pehdzéh Kı̨ seeks confidentiality for traditional knowledge on proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway
- Conflict over governance of Pehdzeh Ki First Nation
- 'I've never mismanaged anything': Wrigley chief defends record amid ousting attempt
- Pehdzeh Ki First Nation fills open positions on council, unclear how
Academic Research
Academic Research
- The Vital Role of Dehcho Dene Knowledges in Climate Change & Permafrost Thaw Adaptation in Jean Marie River First Nation NWT
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY
- Dehcho First Nations
- Biological Sampling from a Wrigley Community Harvest of Bluenose-East Barren-ground Caribou in the Tseepantee Lake Area, January 2008
- The nutritional health of the First Nations and Métis of the Northwest Territories: A review of current knowledge and gaps
- Identifying financially remote First Nations reserves
- Mercury levels in food fish species in lakes used by Dehcho community members with a focus on choice and risk perception of eating traditional country food
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- The Northern Corridor, Food Insecurity and the Resource Curse for Indigenous Communities in Canada.
- Michael Asch, On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- … biomonitoring community-based project in the Northwest Territories Mackenzie Valley, Canada, to investigate the links between nutrition, contaminants and country …
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- Identifying financially remote First Nations reserves
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- Contributions and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples to the study of mercury in the Arctic
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- On being here to stay: Treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
- Lhoosk'uz Dené Nation and Ulkatcho First Nation
- Our land is our voice: First Nation heritage-making in the Tr'ondëk/Klondike
- Indigenous Independence, Resilient Relations: The Tr'ondëk-Klondike
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SURVIVAL OF DENE LANGUAGES–A CASE STUDY OF THE SLAVEY
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