In this unilingual Dene story, the man sets snares for rabbits, goes ice fishing, and then brings what he gathers back to his wife. The story begins:

Hı̨dóxaı anagoderade t’á sadeé wekǫ́, gots’ę dzene k’ola nedé ajá. Tu báe areyǫné tę wı́le ajá t’á jú ats’ehɂı̨ gha gonezǫ.

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Tetso, John, Elsie Vital, Gina Bayha, Jane Modeste and Fibbie Tatti [eds.]. Tútsı Názé Hé Jú K’ola ɂahɂı̨. Yellowknife: Department of Education of the Northwest Territories, Copyright Fort Franklin Band Council. n.d.

This is a unilingual Dene story that talks about how to make a canoe. It begins:

Ɂı̨hbé anagoderade. Tútsı sı̨́ı̨ eláhyaa t’á k’énat’ó begha nezǫ. Hı̨dú ɂıhbé eláhyaa bets’ę gha.

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Tetso, John, Elsie Vital and Gina Bayha. Tútsı Elá. Edited by Jane Modeste and Fibbie Tatti. Yellowknife: Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Education, n.d.

This is a unilingual Dene story that talks about how to make snowshoes. It begins:

Sahcho nǫhblálewá yu weda. Nǫhbále yu Tu1tsı gha ɂah hehtsı̨ ghálaeda.

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Tetso, John, Elsie Vital, Gina Bayha, Jane Modeste and Fibbie Tatti [eds.]. Tútsı Ɂá. Yellowknife: Department of Education of the Northwest Territories, n.d.

This is a unilingual story with hand-drawn illustrations (by Shelia Hodgkinson) and Dene Kedǝ text. It has no English guide, and it comes with Dene words paired with illustrations at the end of the story (for example, edé and a picture of antlers). 

The first section reads:

Yahnı̨́ı̨ ts’ę́ hı̨kwé Nerégháe, gokw’ı k’e ekúhdé, dene ke ekwę́ ka k’ǫ́ǫgı́dé gohé są́ denı́ch’éa łée k’énada redı. Nágeze gha get’ı̨ ǫt’s t’a denı́hch’éa sı̨́ı dene shǫ náze réhtła redı.

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Taneton, Louie, Jane Modeste, Fibbie Tatti, Sheila Hodgkinson [Illustrations]. Denı́hch’éa Bedzıho Wáı̨zha. Northwest Territories Department of Education and Fort Franklin Band Council, 1983.

This is a unilingual story with hand-drawn illustrations and Dene text about a journey to find Caribou, with help from a Raven, an Owl, and a Wolf. The caribou are all walled into an enclosure, but the wolf helps the Dene break them free. This document has a stamp on the last page that reads “Interpreter/Translator Program.” The first two lines read:

Yahnı̨́ı̨ ts’ę́ łǫ́ǫ́ łánı nágedé. Bé wı́le dúwé redı Dene ke dzene táoneht’é nágezé kúlú asıł łágıhwhı́le.
Dene ke gohé bé wı́le dúwé kúlú nágedé ékagı̨t’e haı̨lé, “Tatsǫ́ xáhtáętła,” goréjá t’a, dene ke areyǫné yets’ę́ káłeréhzha.

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Modeste, Joe, and Johnny Neyelle. Tatsǫ́ Ekwę́ Nánéhɂı̨, edited by Fibbie Tattie and Jane Modeste. Copyright Fort Franklin Band Council. n.d.

This is a unilingual story with hand-drawn illustrations and Dene text. It also has an Englısh guide at the end of the document (p. 35) but it comes with clear instructions that the teacher is to use the document’s Dene language only when teaching. The story is also paired with a Dene questionnaire about the story for students. It is about two men who grow past marrying age: their community tells them to go look for wives, so they do so, and save a different community from monsters that have been eating people. They use Dene medicine to kill the monsters, and end up marrying and settling down in the new, saved community.

The first section reads:

Yahnı̨́ı̨ ts’ę́ chıleku náke, ts’ǫ́dane gı̨lı̨ gots’ę ts’éku gı́hchú le, ékagı̨t’é déot’ı̨nę hé dene gı̨lı̨ redı. Kút’a surı ɂǫhdaa ts’ę́ nǫwá le agejá ekáa gonǫ ékagóhdı. “Seyaa ékahht’e gha dúwé, ası̨́ dúle ts’éku hat’ı̨ ghǫ ɂaht’e,” góhdı. “Hęɂę,” gedı redı, “ékanı̨́ nı̨dé ts’éku hút’ı̨́ gha k’énaút’á kúlú,” gedı redı.

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Modeste, Isodore, Jane Modeste and Fibbie Tatti. Chıleku Náke Įk’ǫ́ T’á Echoho Łágenı’hdé. Northwest Territories Department of Education and the Fort Franklin Band Council, n.d.

This is a unilingual story with hand-drawn illustrations (by Sheila Hodgkinson) and Dene Kedǝ text. It is about a journey. The first section reads:

Yahnı̨́ı̨ ts’ę́ nę k’ále bek’ǫ́ne ekúu
Etı́ratǫ ekúhdé kwe náke ełets’ę́
Nı́danıhɂa, ets’énárakwé hé
Edúhnárakwé hé héredı sı̨́ı gok’énı̨ge ts’eretła le redı. Xaıdó yı́ı kúlú dene ke gohé tę táreɂé t’á dene łǫ tut s’ę́ hı́hłé redı

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Modeste, Isidore, Jane Modeste, and Fibbie Tatti. Echoho Náke Gok’énı̨ge Gónı̨á. Northwest Territories Department of Education and Fort Franklin Band Council, n.d.

George Blondin has documented a number of stories in this text, most of which are related to Medicine Power. In a foreword, he explains that a teacher can use the stories for students K-9 but should read them to younger students with some explanation or context.

The stories contain teachings about:
The role of elders as teachers; weak and strong medicine power; medicine power for different things; communicating with animals; Yamoria and Yamozah; dancing; drum songs; sustainable hunting and times of scarcity; the prophet Ayah; Dene faith and its relationship to Christianity; animals behaving improperly; meeting the first white man; how to live well to get medicine power; using power in hand games; reincarnation; and George Blondin’s grandfather.

Read about more of Blondin's work on Medicine Power and Histories of the Sahtú region. 

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Legends and Stories from the Past has been made available open access by several organizations, such as Learn Alberta:

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/kes/pdf/or_cf_fnmi_ot_ss_02_legends.pdf

Blondin, George. Legends and Stories from the Past. Yellowknife: Northwest Territories Department of Education, Culture, and Employment. 2000.

This document is a policy statement revising the terms of reference of the Sahtú Environmental Research and Monitoring Forum.

From text:

Many land-based projects and programs are underway in the Sahtú Region, with the involvement of various community, regional, territorial and federal departments as well as industry and academic partners. During a three-day interagency meeting in November, 2013, a consensus was reached that research and monitoring programs and projects should be well coordinated, with strong guidance from Sahtú communities. Governments and industry require research that will support wise, evidence-based decision-making. 

As a consequence, Sahtú organizations and the Government of the Northwest Territories (led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources) agreed to convene a group known as the “Sahtú Environmental Research and Monitoring Forum”. In 2017 a Dene name was adopted to reflect an expanded mandate for the Forum - Nę K’ǝ Dene Ts’ı̨lı̨ - meaning “living on the land.” 

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Nę K'ǝ Dene Ts'ı̨lı̨ Forum Terms of Reference. Tulita: Ɂehdzo Got'ı̨nę Gots'ę́ Nákedı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board), 2017.

From the Education, Culture, and Employment website: 

The “I am more than ABCs” campaign was created to:

• bring awareness and understanding to the work of NWT Education Renewal
• connect people to accurate information on Education Renewal so they can learn more
• showcase how important the work of Education Renewal is for many people, who have willingly agreed to be part of the campaign

The statement, "I am more than ABCs" means that while it is critically important to develop strong basics like literacy and math skills, learning is more than just letters and numbers. Wellness, safety, relationship building, strengthening culture, language and identity are all important parts of learning as well. When these elements are nurtured in a school and community, it drives students to explore and grow their learning even further. The campaign makes the link between the past and the future, and explores the meaning of learning that is relevant to a world that is constantly changing.

The campaign celebrates relationships with many education partners. Northerners were photographed from all walks of life, each demonstrating that education is more than a focus on “ABCs” alone.

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Sahtu region posters are available at this PDF: https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/sites/ece/files/resources/sahtu-8_5x11-english-lowres.pdf

Individual posters are also available: https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/services/renouveau-en-education-aux-tno/sahtu-i-am-more-abcs-posters

Government of the Northwest Territories. “NWT Education Renewal: I am More than ABCs.” [Poster], Yellowknife, 2017.