
Environment
Inside the fight to protect the Arctic’s “Water Heart”
How the Sahtuto’ine Dene of Déline created the Tsá Tué Biosphere Reserve, the world’s first such UNESCO site managed by an Indigenous community
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People & Culture
The Tsá Tué Biosphere Reserve is a special and unique place in the Northwest Territories. It encompasses Great Bear Lake, the last pristine arctic lake, and swaths of crucial habitat for muskox, moose and caribou. About 600 people of the First Nation Dene Déline live there, supporting themselves with harvesting and limited tourism activity.
Canadian Geographic sent Angela Gzowski to photograph the community for the January/February 2017 issue of the magazine. Here, Gzowski talks about the experience and shares advice for novice photographers alongside photos from her trip.
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