Dave (Sabe) Courchene remembers first hearing in his early teens the story of how his grandfather met the Queen during her 10-day tour of Manitoba and the
For the first time, the whole Dene family was talking to each other.
That s how Mountain Dene Elder and northern broadcasting icon Paul Andrew described the inquiry into the proposed Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline also known by the name of its chair, The Berger Inquiry.
Thomas Berger died this week at the age of 88.
CBC North has spent much of the last few days remembering the lawyer, judge and champion of Indigenous land and treaty rights. The stories and ways that northerners are remembering Mr. Berger have created incredible meaning for me, a non-Indigenous radio host living and working in the Northwest Territories, in Denendeh.
Indeed, Buckingham Palace felt compelled to issue an apology after another gaffe in 2000, when Philip, while touring a factory in Scotland, remarked that some electrical equipment looked so crude it must have been installed by an Indian. The Duke of Edinburgh regrets any offence which may have been caused by remarks he is reported as making earlier today, the palace said. With hindsight, he accepts that what were intended as lighthearted comments were inappropriate.
WATCH | Royal Family lands in present-day Iqaluit in 1970:
The Royal Family lands
Digital Archives51 years ago
1:48The Queen, her husband and two oldest children land in present-day Iqaluit for a visit to Canada s North in 1970.1:48