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8 Tuesday October 6 2015 The Northwest Territories Fire Chiefs Association would like to remind everyone to check your smoke alarms once a month change the batteries in your fire alarms once a year and replace your smoke alarms after 10 years. One life lost due to fire is one life too many. Northwest Territories Fire Chiefs Association By DALI CARMICHAEL For thousands of years ancestors of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation YKDFN have made their homes in the area now oc- cupied by the territorys capital. That history is thoroughly explored in the new Wldeh Yellowknives Dene exhibit at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The new exhibit opened its doors on Oct. 3 with prayers drum and cleansing ceremonies to honour the artifacts within. Following the ceremonial services YDKFN members shared some of their traditions that have survived throughout the ages including a tea dance demonstration and hand games hosted by young drummers. Elders have been talking about the his- tories of the people. Even in the 70s there were documents about anthropologists said former YKDFN chief Fred Sangris one of the exhibits curators. He referred to research conducted by Beryl Gillespie an American anthropologist who claimed that all those of true Yellowknives descent had died out. It is a perception the Akaitcho people assert is dead wrong and continue to battle today. They said All you people are supposed to be gone It is rumours like that Sangris wants to dis- pel by putting the many stories of his people on display. History of Yellowknives D ARTS CULTURE EXHIBIT Judy Charlos Singer sewing machine circa 194 by Jennifer Drygeese left her daughter Naka Yellowknives Dene youth David Sangris 12 left and Donovan Black 13 embrace a life-sized replica of a white spruce tree the centre piece of the exhibit. The tree which still stands at the mouth of the Yellowknife Wiilideh River has great cultural significance as it is part of the legend of the creation of the Wiiliideh people. Its true age is not known but could be centuries says exhibit designer Terry Pamplin who built the replica. Yellowknives Dene Elder Fred Sangris centre w Wiiliideh drummers offer prayer songs to open the new exhibit.