N.W.T. premier to deliver public apology to Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation, chief says – CBC

Jun 09, 2026

Apology is for years-old raid on a culture camp

The premier of the Northwest Territories is heading to Łutselk’e next month to publicly apologize for a camp raid that happened years ago, according to the community’s chief.

In 2022, before R.J. Simpson became premier, wildlife officers executed a search warrant for illegally harvested caribou within a mobile no-hunting zone that follows the Bathurst caribou herd. That search warrant was later quashed by the N.W.T. Supreme Court.

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