Acho Dene Koe First Nation

​Management of the Lands and Resources Office

Acho Dene Koe First Nation (ADKFN) has a traditional territory that spans three jurisdictions – the Northwest Territories (NWT), British Columbia, and the Yukon. With significant land claim and self-government negotiations underway, ADKFN is guided by a long-term vision to balance environmental and cultural preservation with development opportunities within its territory. To successfully advance these objectives, ADKFN has sought outside support to bridge current capacity gaps in the short term and assist with local capacity building as ADKFN advances towards a modern Treaty. Faced with the complexities of working with four governments (Federal, two territorial, and one provincial) and increasing levels of development in their traditional territory, ADKFN decided to outsource the management of its Lands and Resources Office. 

Since April 2020, SVS has managed all industry engagement and government consultation across the Nation’s territory and ensuring the ADKFN’s rights, interests and objectives are asserted and meaningfully considered in these processes. The role is all encompassing and includes consultation intake, support for treaty and impact benefit negotiations, representing ADKFN at industry and government meetings, preparation of responses to government and industry correspondence, community engagement, preparing funding proposals and collaborating with the Nation’s economic development corporation, Chief & Council and legal counsel to ensure strategy alignment.