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In order to provide information that can support good decision-making in Sahtú communities, the best available Traditional and Community Knowledge (TKCK) relating to the central question of the Délı̨nę 2021 proceeding, “What should people’s role be in maintaining healthy relationships between caribou and other wildlife?” has been compiled, reviewed and summarized here. In order to provide information that can support good decision-making in Sahtú communities, the best available Traditional and Community Knowledge (TKCK) relating to the central question of the Délı̨nę 2021 proceeding, “What should people’s role be in maintaining healthy relationships between caribou and other wildlife?” has been compiled, reviewed and summarized here. The four main questions driving this search and review of information were:

1. What are Sahtú Dene and Métis traditional understandings of healthy relationships between caribou and other wildlife?

2. What do people in the Sahtú Region think about caribou predators and predator control programs?

3. What do people in the Sahtú Region think about caribou “competitors” and their relationships to caribou?

4. What are Indigenous peoples doing today for ecosystem planning and caribou conservation?

Key sources that informed this literature review have also been shared on the Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę̨́ Nákedı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board, SRRB) public registry; materials are sorted into four corresponding collections. Due to current community concerns centering on wolves and muskoxen, there is a focus on those two species throughout this review. Information from the Sahtú Region was prioritized for this review, however, in cases where few Sahtú-specific sources of information were found, relevant information from nearby regions was included.