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Walter Bezha is the community research lead for FISHES project in De\u0301l\u0131\u0328ne\u0328, Northwest Territories. Most of Bezha\u2019s early years on Mother Earth were spent out on the land with all of his grandfathers, travelling and learning the Dene traditions of Saht\u00fa (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.\u00a0Walter is currently serving as Chair of the De\u0301l\u0131\u0328ne\u0328 \u0241o\u0328hda K’a\u0301ow\u01dd K\u01dd (Elder’s Council), and in this capacity serves on the De\u0301l\u0131\u0328ne\u0328 K’aow\u01dddo\u0301 K\u01dd (Main Council) of the De\u0301l\u0131\u0328ne\u0328 Got’\u0328\u0131ne\u0328 Government. He has served as Implementation Director for the D\u00e9line Governance office, Chair of the Saht\u00fa 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. 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