Dene Land Claims and the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Controversies (1967–1992)

1. Pipeline concept emerges after Arctic gas discoveries

   Jan 1, 1967Labels: Prudhoe Bay, Mackenzie Valley

   • Alaska Gas
   • EnvSociety

2. Arctic Gas consortium forms for northern pipeline plan

   Jan 1, 1971Labels: Arctic Gas, Mackenzie Delta

   • ArcticGas
   • Alaska Gas

3. Canada commissions Berger Inquiry on pipeline impacts

   Mar 21, 1974Labels: Berger Inquiry, Government of

   • Berger Inquiry
   • Berger OHLJ

4. Dene Declaration approved at Fort Simpson assembly

   Jul 19, 1975Labels: Dene Declaration, Fort Simpson

   • Dene Nation

5. Dene Declaration made public alongside manifesto

   Jul 1, 1976Labels: Dene Declaration, manifesto

   • Dene Nation

6. Berger releases first volume recommending pipeline delay

   Jun 9, 1977Labels: Thomas Berger, Northern Frontier

   • Berger Inquiry
   • CAID

7. Dene organization formally becomes the Dene Nation

   Aug 14, 1978Labels: Dene Nation, Indian Brotherhood

   • Dene Nation

8. Western Arctic land-claim agreement-in-principle reached

   Oct 31, 1978Labels: Inuvialuit, Agreement-in-Principle

   • IRC Timeline

9. Joint Dene–Métis land-claim negotiations begin

   Jan 1, 1981Labels: Dene, M tis

   • T ch Chron

10. Inuvialuit Final Agreement signed with Canada

    Jun 5, 1984Labels: Inuvialuit Final, COPE

    • IRC IFA
    • Yukon ca

11. Dene–Métis agreement-in-principle signed

    Sep 1, 1988Labels: Dene M, Agreement-in-Principle

    • T ch Chron

12. Dene–Métis final agreement initialed, later rejected

    Apr 9, 1990Labels: Dene M, certainty provisions

    • T ch Chron

13. Gwich’in beneficiaries approve regional AIP by vote

    Sep 1, 1991Labels: Gwich in, regional AIP

    • NWT Timeline

14. Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement signed

    Apr 22, 1992Labels: Gwich in, GNWT

    • GNWT EIA
    • GTC Land Claim
    • CIRNAC