For the Love of Caribou: Mothers of the Land Gathering II will be an engaging and interactive gathering in Tetsʼélūgéʼ - Watson Lake, Yukon on the traditional lands of the Kaska Dene. The gathering seeks to bring together our Kaska knowledge holders and experts, concerned community members, scientists, and climate activists to share and learn from each other’s respective knowledges, ways of understanding, observations from the land, and stories and teachings related to the ongoing environmental challenges impacting our communities and our caribou. We aim to generate a productive dialogue about the principles of traditional land stewardship, discuss issues of land use and resource management, and develop strategies and a consensus on critical issues of environmental protection, northern climate resiliency and adaptation, and standards for any potential future developments. Our goal is to begin laying the groundwork for the creation of an environmental declaration and code of conduct based fully on Kaska values, rooted in the fundamental principles of respect, responsibility, and reciprocity to plan and guide all activities on gūkēyeh – our land - going forward.
