Chad Norman Day (R), former president of the Tahltan First Nation in British Columbia and president of Thadu Consulting talks to TNM’s western editor, Henry Lazenby, at PDAC.
Indigenous communities need to take charge of talks with mining companies and the government, Chad Norman Day, former president of the Tahltan First Nation in British Columbia, says.
The mining industry is under pressure to engage more with First Nations communities, and Indigenous leaders should be assertive in protecting their interests, Day said in an interview last month. Through his new venture, Thadu Consulting, Day wants to change the way industry and Indigenous nations collaborate for everyone’s benefit.
“You teach people how to treat you,” Day said at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual conference in Toronto. “Indigenous people shouldn’t just be involved in the decision making and…
