Walter Bezha
Chair of the De虂l谋台ne台 蓙o台hda K'a虂ow菨 K菨 (Elder's Council), De虂l谋台ne台 Got'台谋ne台 Government.
Walter Bezha is the community research lead for FISHES project in De虂l谋台ne台, Northwest Territories. Most of Bezha鈥檚 early years on Mother Earth were spent out on the land with all of his grandfathers, travelling and learning the Dene traditions of Saht煤 (Great Bear Lake) in the Northwest Territories. After thirty-two years in the resource development field with both the Federal and Territorial governments, he switched to the working with Aboriginal governance organisations.聽Walter is currently serving as Chair of the De虂l谋台ne台 蓙o台hda K’a虂ow菨 K菨 (Elder’s Council), and in this capacity serves on the De虂l谋台ne台 K’aow菨do虂 K菨 (Main Council) of the De虂l谋台ne台 Got’台谋ne台 Government. He has served as Implementation Director for the D茅line Governance office, Chair of the Saht煤 Renewable Resources Board, member of the Sahtu Land and Water Board, and member of the Mackenzie Land and Water Board. Walter has been actively involved in a caribou traditional knowledge study in the Sahtu Region since 2006. He was a founding member of the national Learning Communities Network, oriented to understanding the role of communities in resource management. He is author of 鈥溾�� (Rangifer, 2012) and co-author of 鈥溾�欌�� (Pimatisiwin, 2010).