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TuesdayMarch10201513Delineself-governmentbillpassesinlegislatureByMEAGANWOHLBERGThebirthplaceofnotonlyicehockeythebirthplaceofself-governmentinCan-adabelongstoDelineSahtuMLANor-manYakeleyaannouncedintheLegislativeAssemblyasMLAsvotedunanimouslyinfavourofabillthatwillseetheSahtucommunitybecomethefirstinthecoun-trytoachieveself-government.Bill46passedthirdreadingintheleg-islatureonWednesdayandnowmovesontoOttawawhereitmustreceivethefinalapprovalofParliamentbeforebecomingapoliticalrealityfortheFirstNation.ThenewDelinegovernmentwhichwillreceivefundingfromthefederalandterritorialgovernmentswillgivethecommunitycontroloverareaslikeedu-cationhousingsocialservicesjusticehealthcareandeconomicdevelopmentaswellastheauthoritytocollecttaxesfromresidents.ChiefnegotiatorDannyGaudettoldTheJournalinapreviousinterviewthatthegoalofself-governmentistoreturnthecommu-nitytoitspaststrengthandself-reliance.Ifyoudescribeustodaywellwerenotindependent-weredependenthesaid.Weregoingtotrytoreversethatbymak-ingpeopleindependentagainandstrongandvibranteducatedstrongintheircul-tureandlanguagebutalsoparticipatinginthemodernworld.ResidentsofDeline-bothlivinginthecom-munityandafar-votedoverwhelminglyinfavourofself-governmentlastMarchwith85percentofvotescastsayingyestothedealthatwas20yearsinthemaking.Thecommunityhopestobereadytogov-ernitselfentirelybyApril2016.POLITICSFIRSTNATIONSDelineschiefnegotiatorDannyGaudetsharescelebratorywordsintheGreatHalloftheNWTLegislatureafterlegislationtoapproveself-governmentpassedlastWednesday.ElderCharlieNeyelleformerchiefandspiritualleadergivesopeningremarksatlastWednesdayscelebrationinthelegislature.SahtuMLANormanYakeleyaholdsacopyoftheDelineFirstNationsconstitutionsignedbythoseattendinglastweeksfestivities.MLAsFirstNationsleadersandmembersofthepublicgatheredforadrumdanceintheGreatHalltocelebrateoneofDelineslaststepstowardself-government.PhotosAmosScott