Stephen Kakfwi
| Stephen Kakfwi | |
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| 9th Premier of the Northwest Territories | |
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In office January 17, 2000 – December 10, 2003 |
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| Commissioner |
Daniel Joseph Marion Glenna Hansen |
| Preceded by | Jim Antoine |
| Succeeded by | Joe Handley |
| MLA for Sahtu | |
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In office October 5, 1987 – November 24, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | John T'Seleie |
| Succeeded by | Norman Yakeleya |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 7, 1950 Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Independent |
Stephen Kakfwi (born November 7, 1950 in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian politician and the ninth Premier of the Northwest Territories.
Stephen Kakfwi was born on November 7, 1950 in a traditional Dene bush camp at Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories to full-blooded Slavey parents. His parents were non-status Slavey due to his grandfather waiving his treaty rights in order to own property and run a fur-trading business. At an early age, Kakfwi was sent away to residential schools in Inuvik, Yellowknife and Fort Smith. During the 1970s, Kakfwi attended the University of Alberta to complete a teacher's degree, but early in that decade he returned to his Fort Good Hope community during a time in which many Aboriginal Canadians were beginning to organize politically to demand recognition of their land and self-government rights.
In the 1970s the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline was proposed. Kakfwi identified the danger this proposal posed to his community's homeland, and fought tirelessly against the proposal, organizing groups of Dene and Metis. Eventually, the Government of Canada established the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, commissioned by Justice Thomas R. Berger. The 1977-8 recommendations against building a pipeline through the Northwest Territories for the time being were considered by Kakfwi as a "political badge of honour".
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