By Ollie Williams and Caitrin Pilkington Local Journalism Initiative Reporters A new agreement gives the Northwest Territories community of Nahanni Butte more control over the massive Nahanni National Park Reserve, a move that also boosts its economy. Ten jobs will be created in a community of less than 100 people. Three new buildings will be built: a Parks Canada office, a guardians program office, and a lodge for tourists and Elders. The agreement also marks a warming of relations between Nahanni Butte’s Nah?? Dehe Dene Band and the Dehcho First Nations, a regional Indigenous government to which the band once belonged. The two parted ways five years ago. Both are signatories to the agreement alongside Parks Canada. Jayne Konisenta, a longtime councillor in Nahanni Butte, said a Parks Canada office

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