An invite for Deline wasn't even on the radar when a round table of Indigenous leaders and MLAs gathered last week, according to the community's leader Leeroy Andre.

The Sahtu Dene Council also never received an invite, he learned, though the tiny community of Colville Lake did attend the Oct. 23 meeting for SA国际影视传媒渟ome odd reason.SA国际影视传媒�

Sahtu Dene Council executive director Brenda Baton confirmed the body didn't receive an invite, despite having a grand chief and a vice grand chief available to represent the region.

A spokesperson for the legislative assembly stated the council was in fact invited, and pointed to Colville Lake's Chief Wilbert Kochon's attendance.

However, Baton hasn't seen any evidence of an invite.

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She explained Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated (SSI), which did attend, is a land claim organization, not a government.

Sahtu Dene Council is the vehicle of the community's elected leaders, said Andre. SSI largely administers land and money but doesn't act a government overseeing the communities' day to day affairs, according to Andre. Only sending out representatives of land claim groups is SA国际影视传媒渘ot right,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

For Andre, it comes across as saying, SA国际影视传媒淵ou're not even on our radar. You're a government but, OK, well, you're not that important.SA国际影视传媒�

Andre said the lack of communication been an ongoing issue for years and it wasn't SA国际影视传媒渘ew to being shunned by the territorial government.SA国际影视传媒�

That's why negotiating self-government is appealing, he said. SA国际影视传媒淵ou just get fed up to the point where, well, we're just going right straight to Ottawa.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淚t's a big kerfuffle that's happening within the government and we're always left out. We're getting tired of that. We're getting tired of being left out,SA国际影视传媒� Andre said.

Had he attended, Andre said education would be a priority. Deline's students are at least two to three grade levels behind when graduating high school, he said. On top of that there are early childhood issues SA国际影视传媒渢hat don't seem to go very far,SA国际影视传媒� social housing, and health SA国际影视传媒� SA国际影视传媒渢he list goes on and on,SA国际影视传媒� Andre said.

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Consultations are needed with smaller communities, he said. While new schools and hospitals are being built all over, Andre said the smaller communities are SA国际影视传媒渓eft behind.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淛ust because we have self-government doesn't mean we're running the show here,SA国际影视传媒� he said, estimating that 80 per cent of the programs and institutions in the community are managed by outside agencies.

He referenced an incident where a vehicle fell through the ice, which fueled concerns over shortening winter road seasons.

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