This item is the eighth part of a fifteen-part recording of a meeting of the Dene Land Claims Committee, including members from the Metis Association and the Indian Brotherhood (later Dene Nation) held February 17-20, 1976 in Yellowknife. This recording was made February 17-18, 1976. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 40 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes CN-311A, CN-311B, CN-312A, CN-312B, CN-313A, CN-313B, CN-314A, CN-315A, CN-315B, CN-316A, CN-316B, CN-317A, CN-318A, and CN-322A. The meeting appears to be chaired by Metis Association President, Rick Hardy. Other participants include Richard Nerysoo, Charlie Furlong, Rod Hardy, John Blake, Paul Andrew, Eddie Koyina, Larry Firth, Carl Carpenter, George Kurszewski, and Gerry (Sutton?). The recording continues with revisiting the proposed land claims funding agreement with the federal government, including the clauses on spending money on litigation, raising additional money by loan or credit, and the Member of Parliament not benefitting from the agreement. Rick Hardy circulates the proposed agenda and there is a brief discussion before the committee breaks until the next day. The next day, Rick Hardy introduces a proposal from Bob Rittan (?) of Biomanagement Consultants Ltd., Edmonton, to be a the professional on a panel for Phase IV of the Berger Inquiry on Renewable Resource and Game Management, discussing secondary industry. The group discusses the proposal agrees that the material gathered would be good for both the Berger Inquiry and for land claims, as well as, showing that they are doing something about alternative development and providing information to communities about what they can do.
This recording includes sides A and B of the tape.