This detailed document makes a series of observations and recommendations about Sahtú Dene places and their care. Some general recommendations include:

• To establish a Sahtú Cultural Institute to implement many of their suggestions.
• To create an inventory of Sahtú Heritage Sites, along with a traditional trails inventory. Furthermore, an archeological site and burial site inventory could be used to request land use protection.
• To request that more Sahtú Dene placenames be made official.
• That the GNWT and Canada pass legislation with greater protection for burial sites, cultural landscapes, etc.
• That a GIS database, place name research, and Dene Nation Occupancy map be created and/or extended.

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A physical copy of this resource was accessed in July 2017 at the University of Alberta Circumpolar Collection (Cameron Library). Call number FC 4195 S24 S24 2000.

Sahtú Heritage Places and Sites Joint Working Group. Rakekée Gok’é Godı: Places We Take Care Of. Prepared by John T’Seleie, Isadore Yukon, Bella T’Seleie, Ellen Lee, and Tom Andrews, Yellowknife, 2000.