TRADITIONAL LAND USE AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASELINE REPORT FOR THE JAY PROJECT Prepared for: Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation Prepared by: Golder Associates Ltd. July 2014 Traditional Land Use and Traditional Knowledge Baseline Report Jay Project Table of Contents July 2014 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Background and Scope ................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 1-5 1.3 Baseline Study Area ...................................................................................................................... 1-6 1.4 Background ................................................................................................................................... 1-9 1.4.1 Introduction to the Peoples and Mining ..................................................................................... 1-9 1.5 Traditional Knowledge................................................................................................................. 1-12 1.5.1 Traditional Knowledge in Previous Environmental Assessments ............................................ 1-14 1.5.1.1 NWT Diamonds Project ...................................................................................................................... 1-15 1.5.1.2 Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth Expansion ........................................................................................... 1-17 1.5.1.3 Traditional Knowledge for the Current Environmental Assessment .................................................... 1-18 1.5.2 Environmental Agreement ....................................................................................................... 1-19 2 METHODS ........................................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Collection Methods ........................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1.1 Ekati-Specific Documents .......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Yellowknives Dene First Nation ................................................................................................. 2-3 2.1.3 Lutselk’e Dene First Nation ........................................................................................................ 2-3 2.1.4 Deninu K’ue First Nation ............................................................................................................ 2-3 2.1.5 Fort Resolution Métis ................................................................................................................. 2-3 2.1.6 North Slave Métis Alliance ......................................................................................................... 2-3 2.1.7 Tłįchǫ Government..................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.1.8 Kugluktuk Kitikmeot Inuit Association ........................................................................................ 2-4 2.2 Summary Methods ........................................................................................................................ 2-4 3 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Yellowknives Dene Traditional Land Use ..................................................................................... 3-1 3.3 Lutselk’e Dene Traditional Land Use ............................................................................................ 3-1 3.4 Deninu K’ue Traditional Land Use ................................................................................................ 3-1 3.5 Fort Resolution Métis Traditional Land Use .................................................................................. 3-1 3.6 North Slave Métis Alliance Traditional Land Use .......................................................................... 3-1 3.6.1 Seasonal Use Cycle................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.6.1.1 Fall ........................................................................................................................................................ 3-3 3.6.1.2 Winter ................................................................................................................................................... 3-3 3.6.1.3 Spring ................................................................................................................................................... 3-3 3.6.1.4 Summer ................................................................................................................................................ 3-3 3.6.2 Land Use Sites ........................................................................................................................... 3-3 i Traditional Land Use and Traditional Knowledge Baseline Report Jay Project Table of Contents July 2014 3.6.2.1 Cultural or Spiritual Sites ...................................................................................................................... 3-4 3.6.2.2 Camps and Cabins ............................................................................................................................... 3-4 3.6.2.3 Travel Routes ....................................................................................................................................... 3-4 3.6.3 Knowledge and Use of Resources ............................................................................................ 3-4 3.6.3.1 Water .................................................................................................................................................... 3-5 3.6.3.2 Minerals ................................................................................................................................................ 3-5 3.6.3.3 Air ......................................................................................................................................................... 3-5 3.6.3.4 Wildlife .................................................................................................................................................. 3-5 3.6.3.5 Plants .................................................................................................................................................. 3-10 3.7 Tłįchǫ Government Traditional Land Use ................................................................................... 3-11 3.8 Kitikmeot Inuit Traditional Land Use ........................................................................................... 3-11 4 SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................... 4-1 5 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................... 5-1 6 GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................................................... 6-1 Maps Map 1.1-1 General Location Map ...................................................................................................... 1-2 Map 1.1-2 Jay Project Map ............................................................................................................... 1-3 Map 1.1-3 Traditional Land Use Baseline Study Area ...................................................................... 1-4 Map 1.4-1 Settlement Areas and Asserted Territories in the Baseline Study Area .......................... 1-7 Map 1.4-2 Kitikmeot Region .............................................................................................................. 1-8 ii Traditional Land Use and Traditional Knowledge Baseline Report Jay Project Abbreviations and Units of Measure July 2014 Abbreviations Abbreviation Definition AEMP Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program AQMP Air Quality Monitoring Program ASTt Arctic Small Tool tradition BHP Broken Hill Proprietary Company [up to 2000] BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Canada Inc. including subsidiary BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. [2001 and later] BP Before Present DAR Developer’s Assessment Report DCI Dene Cultural Institute Dezé Dezé Energy Corporation Ltd. DKFN Deninu K’ue First Nation DNA deoxyribonucleic acid Dominion Diamond Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation EA Environmental Asssessment EAP Environmental Assessment Panel EIS Environmental Impact Statement GIS Geographic Information System GNWT Government of the Northwest Territories ICC Inuit Circumpolar Conference IEMA Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency KIA Kitikmeot Inuit Association LKDFN Lutselk’e Dene First Nation MVRB Mackenzie Valley Review Board NSMA North Slave Métis Alliance NTKP Naonaiyaotit Traditional Knowledge Project NWT Northwest Territories NWTMN Northwest