tʊˈliːtə | Tulita Dene First Nation
Community Profile
- The Tulita Dene are an Indigenous First Nation community situated in the Mackenzie Valley of Northwest Territories, with a rich history of traditional hunting, fishing, and trapping lifestyle.
- Last Updated 2025-05-20 22:47:47 UTC
- Name: Tulita Dene (ISC Code: 750)
- Former Names: Fort Norman Band, Norman Wells Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories
- Indigenous Language: Dene (Athapaskan)
- Number of Registered Members: 800
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: Not Applicable
- CHIEF: Not Applicable
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:0
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.dehcho.org/members/tulita.htm
- PHONE NUMBER: (867) 588-3341
- FAX NUMBER: (867) 588-3613
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 118, TULITA, NT
- EMAILS:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2024 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2004 - Tulita Dene20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Tulita Dene20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Tulita Dene20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Tulita Dene20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 8500
FORT NORMAN SETTLEMENT
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- Encompasses regions around Tulita (Fort Norman) in Northwest Territories
- Includes areas along the Mackenzie River and surrounding boreal forest
- Traditional hunting, fishing, and trapping grounds
- Geographical range spans both sides of the Mackenzie River valley
- Historically nomadic territories with seasonal migration patterns
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- 100 years under Treaty 11
- Nááts’įhch’oh National Park Reserve Management Plan
- Ottawa announces $15M for NWT Indigenous groups affected by fires
- Kalina Newmark is a business leader driven to share Indigenous excellence
- Canada's Newest National Treasure: Naats'ihch'oh National Park Reserve
- Dene family reunification in N.W.T. brings opportunity for healing
- George Mackenzie elected new Dene national chief
- Talk on the Rez: English Prosody and the Native American Accent
- Ethel Blondin-Andrew
- Self-Government Agreement-in-Principle for the Sahtu Dene and Metis of Norman Wells
- Living with Treaty 11
- Dene and Métis walk away from self-government talks in Tulita, N.W.T.
- Road to West Point: A history of the Dene Nation
- NWT groups receive $7M in Indigenous language support
- DNA analysis suggests Dene descended from first North Americans
- Landslide damages Bear Rock — Tulita's Notre Dame
- Designs unveiled for mural project celebrating strong people and communities
- Tracking NWT communities’ Treaty 11 centennial plans
- Melting Arctic ice patches reveal rich archaeological record
- Frank Andrew re-elected as Tulita chief for 3rd term
- Sahtu Dene and Métis sign self-governance agreement in principle, a 1st for Métis in Canada
- Assembly of First Nations to campaign for national monument
- Northerners remember Thomas Berger, a champion of Indigenous rights
- History, science, and the 'Year of Two Winters': uncovering the secrets of Dene migration
- It took 40 years to craft the memories of NWT Elders into this book.
- Dene, Métis end self-government talks in Canada’s Northwest Territories – Eye on the Arctic
- How “Rez Accents” Strengthen Native Identity
- Norman Yakeleya calls for more urgent response to alcoholism in NWT
- GNWT receives the Project Description Report for the Tulita District portion of the planned Mackenzie Valley Highway
- 40 Elders and some vulnerable residents evacuate Tulít’a
- Kalina Newmark brings an Indigenous lens to management in a Fortune 500 company
- Traditional teachings and cultural reawakenings above the Arctic Circle
- Délįnę women team up to teach Indigenous languages through cooking
- Sahtu Dene buy Norman Wells, N.W.T., hotel
- Indigenous leaders chart path forward in Yellowknife on Sept 30
- Feds, NWT communities announce $25.3M for infrastructure projects
- ASU student wins award for paper honoring heritage
- Feds reimburse $15M to Indigenous groups for wildfire expenses
- NWT launches Indigenous languages curriculum
- Living with Treaty 11
Academic Research
Academic Research
- An ontology of development in the geopolitical North
- Where My edhéhke Take Me In Reimagining Curriculum: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Dene Learning From/With the Land
- Menstruation and Dene Physical Practices1
- 'SPEAKING THE STRONG WORDS' Notes on Performing Indigenous Community Politics in Denendeh
- From Dene Kedǝ to Dene Ts' ı̨lı̨
- A study of the impact of oil and gas development on the Dene First Nations of the Sahtu (Great Bear Lake) Region of the Canadian Northwest Territories (NWT)
- Indigenous Digital Technologies. The Taicho and Yelloknives Dene's Web-Site and Cultural Online Archives
- Food use of Dene/Metis and Yukon children
- The enduring imaginary of the 'northern frontier': Attending to stories about entangled landscapes
- The wind waits for no one: Nı̨hts' ı dene ası̨́ Henáoréhɂı̨́le Ǫt'e: Spirituality in a Sahtúgot'ı̨nę perspective
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- The wind waits for no one: Nı̨hts' ı dene ası̨́ Henáoréhɂı̨́le Ǫt'e: Spirituality in a Sahtúgot'ı̨nę perspective
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Towards a Culturally-Sustainable Indigenous Tourism Model: The Destination Deline Pilot Project
- Spiritual, Not Religious; Dene, Not Indigenous: Tłįchǫ Dene Discourses of Religion and Indigeneity
- Rethinking environmental science education from Indigenous knowledge perspectives: An experience with a Dene First Nation community
- Traditional environmental knowledge of the Dene: A pilot project
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
- Plants for Life Project, Délinę
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