Gitanyow Nation: Land Use Planning to Protect their Territories

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National Centre for First Nations Governance
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Gitanyow citizens, a nation with a strong system of hereditary chiefs, talk about the impacts of development on their traditional lands and how their land use plan has helped protect their territories.

Native Nations
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"Gitanyow Nation: Land Use Planning to Protect their Territories." Bear Image Productions. National Centre for First Nations Governance. Canada. Film. 2011. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTytpgFeofQ&feature=plcp, accessed May 16, 2023).

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