It's one of the largest wild landscapes in the world, and two friends — a Dene-Kwagul storyteller and a logger-turned-conservationist — want to ensure it remains that way. It was stewarded by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years, and today it is one of the largest remaining tracts of wild land in North America. And by far the largest chunk of wilderness in the Rocky Mountains at this point," said Wayne Sawchuk, a former logger-turned-conservationist and wilderness guide. Dreamers, Dickie says, were found all over Dene territory — in northeastern B.C., northwestern Alberta and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. "As Dene people, when we look at places within our territories that are sacred, we don't have a mindset of within my lifetime.

Source: CBC News September 11, 2021 16:52 UTC