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Deslin Neek The Voice of the Teslin Tlingit Council Tlingit Language Issue 49 • December 2018 Summit TTC had many participants attend the Tlingit Language INSIDE THIS ISSUE Summit in Juneau, Alaska, November 12th – 16th. Language revitalization is a goal of TTC’s. Citizens 2 Chief’s Message are enthusiastic that TTC is taking steps for the preservation of our Tlingit language. To read more on 3 Language and Cultural Oversight Committee the Summit, visit www.sealaskaheritage.org 4 Tlingit Language Summitt 6 TTC Trans-boundary Update 8 Moose Harvest Data Collection Program 11 Announcements News Message from Naa Shaáde Háni Our heartfelt condolences to our people, the kits and the catering staff for providing make best efforts to make the Government families and community that are going such good food. more transparent and accountable, through such hardship. May you all find TTC has hosted some public consultations ensuring our citizens are aware of what peace and comfort this holiday season. in the past few weeks. Workforce our government is undertaking. TTC recently held their fall General Development along with Government of Thank you to all the staff and support that Council, on November 7th and 8th at Yukon held public information sessions you have given TTC through-out the 2018 the Heritage Centre. In the following on how the new Education Curriculum year. All the best to you and your loved pages, you will read about the work TTC is being implemented. We encourage ones this holiday season. May the New departments have been doing and the all parents/guardians to attend school Year bring joy and happiness wherever you resolutions that have been discussed and functions and School Council public go! Happy Holidays! passed. Should you have questions, please meetings; Everyone is welcome to attend. contact your clan representative or myself. We always encourage as many Citizens as Gunalchish, On behalf of Executive, we extend our possible to attend and directly participate thanks to TTC Staff for all their hard work in TTC meetings. We do understand that Naa Shaadé Háni Achêno organizing the General Council, the feast, this is not always possible. We continue to (Chief Richard Sidney) Cannabis Legalization: What you should know What does Cannabis Legalization Mean? Can possess and use cannabis in your personal time, in a recreational capacity, but: • Must be over the legal age (19yrs) • Must abide by smoking bylaws • Must abide by impaired driving laws • Must abide by public intoxication laws • Workplace implications, to be discussed…. What does Cannabis Legalization Mean in Yukon? • Private & government retail store fronts; gov’t run online sales • Legal age of 19 years • Consumption • Grow: 4 plants per household • Possession of 30 grams • Current rules in place to govern the workplace, will review OH&S Act Cannabis Conducts: • Legalization isn’t a license to be impaired at work. • Employees cannot come to work impaired. • Employees can’t bring cannabis or cannabis products to work • Employees can’t exchange or sell cannabis products with/or to colleagues. • Employees can’t consume cannabis or cannabis products while on work property or time (ie: lunch, coffee breaks) • Employees can’t consume cannabis or cannabis products while representing the company in any way. Bottom Line for Rec Use (For Now) • An employee cannot necessarily use cannabis on personal time and expect to pass a drug test at work. • The technology will become available in the future to detect active impairment, which may change workplace drug testing practices. 2 Deslin Neek • Issue 49 • December 2018 Language and Culture Oversight Committee Masa yee yati Ax’aka Kwaan. Heritage to thank them for hosting this The committee then couldn’t travel back and to share with them our Language and on Saturday as there was no ferry so we Lingit Yoo X’atangi ka Haa Shagoon Daat Yei Jineix’i (Language and Culture Oversight Culture Act as well as our recently approve decided to tour the State Museum and then Committee) is proud to announce that the Implementation Plan. They thanked us for we had dinner at John & Linda Wynne’s. TTC Language and Culture Implementation coming with such a big delegation, 38! They She’s Dakl’aweidi from Klukwan and the Plan was accepted by consensus at the also thanked us for sharing with them our former head Record’s Manager with SHI. November 8th General Council! This was Act and Plan which they said was way ahead She then offered her help free of charge to a historic day where TTC reaffirmed our of anything they have done and they look help set up our Resource Library! Her and commitment to save and revitalize our forward to working with us as one nation her husband have been coming to every Haa precious lingit yoo x’atangi ka haa shagoon! in this important work! We also invited our Koosteeyi Celebration since they started in Atlein gunalcheesh to everyone, especially Dak Ka Lingit to join us in this meeting and 2009 and consider Teslin a second home our elders, who helped get us here! We many other of our Alaskan Peoples were and are friends to many here as well as couldn’t have done it without you! But also there. It was standing room only! It was being related to the Boss family from Ta.an. the beginning of something great and we all this is just the beginning of the amazing On the ferry ride home the next day we could feel it! SHI then gifted us all copies of journey. The next step is for our committee travelled with Marsha Hotch, the sister of one of their Lingit books, Shanyaak’utlaax – to meet with the departments to help them John Ward from Atlin. She’s right in there Salmon Boy. Which is so fitting considering integrate this plan into their workplans with language and culture on the coast all of the work TTC has also done to save and budgets in time for the February 2019 and she’ll also be one of our lead contacts our Salmon People. We then sang for them General Council. We also will be working there. Norma Shorty also travelled with us the Dei Gunana and then they too sang for with our people who are involved in the and we talked about how she could help us. It was an amazing end to an amazing language and culture, especially our us with curriculum development as well as experience. This was the first but it wont teachers to begin this great work. our Welcome Home Ceremony scheduled definitely be the last! Atlein gunalcheesh After this the committee travelled to Juneau for June 2019. Dakeeaankowu brought again to TTC for first of all changing the for the Sealaska Heritage Institute Language everyone together for this important team dates of General Council so that everyone Summit. We met with all the organizations and we could feel their strength holding who wanted to could go to this! And then and governments that work in language us all up. After 13 hours we made it home for supporting all of our Citizens who and culture to begin our collaboration of safe and sound thanks to Shkooyeil’s great wanted to go. SHI paid for all the fluent working together as one Lingit Nation in driving! speakers to attend and TTC covered the rest. this vital work. The first organization we It’s a worthwhile investment in our future Finally I also wanted to say ATLEIN met with was the University of Southeast GUNALCHEESH SHKOOYEIL for a job well Alaska on Monday night and then we and the benefits are priceless! Aatlein done! You’ve only been back home for attended their language class taught by gunalcheesh to everyone who made this a couple of years but in that short time X’unei. We then went back to the hotel to important journey to Juneau! you’ve done alot for your People. Especially greet the rest of the TTC delegation who The next day the TTC delegation travelled organizing getting us to Juneau for the arrived. It was good to see everyone and the home and after some unfortunate bus Language Summit! We couldn’t have done it Driftwood quickly became “Little Teslin”! :) troubles eventually made it home safe and without you...but we’re still waiting for that sound! Atlein gunalcheesh to our driver Jim The next day the Summit started and it was Turkey! Maybe next time Kaani! :) so emotional to see all the fluent speakers Smarch for getting our people to Juneau and from all over our Lingit Nation gathering returning them safely home! Gunalcheesh Atlein gunalcheesh ax x’unx’i yan ka ha and speaking our precious language and tsu Khàtìnas.àxh.................... for driving around our elders kaani yan Lingit Yoo X’aatangi ka Haa celebrating our beautiful culture! The too for their nightly bingos & shopping! :) Shagoon Dat Yei Jinex’i for all your hard work and dedication. Especially Seit.oo organizers asked that everyone who spoke That Friday the committee then met with who was there for every meeting and every did so in Lingit and most of the speakers Richard Peterson, President of the Tlingit event to help get our Implementation Plan did so. There was also translation available and Haida Central Council along with his approved. And even though she wasn’t but it was so healing just to sit and listen staff. This was to continue our building of feeling well she still travelled to Juneau for to our language being spoken. Especially our team to work together as one Nation. the Language Summit! Your dedication to for those whom the language is sleeping They too agreed to do this and also agreed our Language and Culture is so appreciated inside of them.
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