The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) is an international treaty organization established to defend the rights and further the interests internationally of American and Canadian Athabaskan members First Nation governments in the eight-nation Arctic Council and other international fora. AAC is an authorized "Permanent Participant" in the Arctic Council. In addition, AAC seeks to foster a greater understanding of the shared heritage of Athabaskan peoples of the Arctic North America.

Each year Tides Canada selects organizations for their Top Ten list of "Canada's most innovative and forward thinking initiatives." AAC has the honor of being selected as as one of Tides Canada's Top 10 for 2010.

The AAC was chosen for:

• Current activities on the Arctic Council's Arctic Biodiversity Assessment in which we are helping to provide research and tradition knowledge content on the Arctic's ecosystems and biodiversity.
• Past work on the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment in which we provided traditional knowledge on the consequences of climate change in the Arctic
• Raising climate change issues that threaten traditional foods that are important to Indigenous Peoples
• Gaining international attention at the 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark 2009 through our side event which highlighted the rights, cultures and economies of northern Indigenous Peoples.

THANK YOU TIDES CANADA!