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Thaıdene Nëné, “The Land of the Ancestors”

Muskox tracks on an esker, Thaıdene Nëné National Park Reserve.
Muskox tracks on an esker, Thaıdene Nëné National Park Reserve. Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve, NWT, Canada · Paul Gierszewski · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Thaıdene Nëné, “The Land of the Ancestors” in Dënesųłiné Yati, is an Indigenous Protected Area of more than 26,000 square kilometres in the Northwest Territories, with Thaıdene Nëné National Park Reserve at its core. Here barrens and subarctic boreal forest meet on the shore of one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes. The park reserve is managed jointly with the Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation, the Northwest Territory Métis Nation, the Deninu Kųę First Nation and the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.

Scope & context

The park reserve as described on its Parks Canada page.

Sources behind this record

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Thaıdene Nëné National Park Reserve ↗

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