Bistcho Lake - Indigenous Leadership in Conservation
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: RVP025
Producer: River Voices Productions
Producers: Williams, Jeremy
Directors: Williams, Jeremy
Producing Agencies: River Voices Productions
Subject: Canadian Geography, Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, Environmental Studies, First Nations Studies, Health, History, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Science, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2021
Running Time: 4:33
The Dene Tha’ First Nation has long been connected to Bistcho Lake and the surrounding region. Bistcho Lake is known to Dene Tha’ as Mbecho. Many Elders point to Mbecho as an ancestral place to which all living Dene Tha’ have a connection. Surrounding the lake, there are thousands of hectares of wetlands, peatlands, boreal forest and the most extensive undisturbed lacustrine habitat in Alberta. Just as it’s an important ecological region, it continues today to be an important cultural, spiritual, and harvesting place for the community.
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