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Mining on First Nation Land – The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun in Mayo/Yukon Territory

Mining for critical raw materials (CRM) often takes place on the lands of Indigenous Peoples, such as in the (sub-)Arctic. Stories of historical and contemporary mining in settler-colonial places can teach us about the claims for full participation in environmental decision making and what is at stake for local and Indigenous inhabitants of extractive zones in times of booming CRM mining. This film tells the stories and portrays the views of people from the First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun in Mayo/Yukon Territory in Canada about mining on their traditional territory.

Produced by the First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun, 2017. A film by Gertrude Saxinger, Robert Gebauer, Jörg Oschmann, Susanna Gartler. 13 min