November 5, 2013
WHITEHORSE – Yukon College elder-in-residence Randall Tetlichi will be a presenting panelist at the 15th Annual Symposium in Indigenous Research at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, this weekend.
Tetlichi will share his thoughts on how First Nations people and non-First Nations people can work together to create a better world with the 150 people expected to attend the event. The former Vuntut Gwitchin chief would like to see traditional knowledge from First Nations communities be given the same recognition as scientific knowledge when it comes to addressing the challenges of climate change in Canada.
“We have no choice but to work together, think together, and act together, for our own survival,” said Tetlichi.
Tetlichi is a highly respected traditional healer and teacher who has worked for years for the protection of the Porcupine Caribou herd, which migrates through traditional Gwitchin territory.