The Fort McKay First Nation undertook this study of traditional land use and occupancy on a broad area of boreal forest nearly 150 miles wide (east to west) along a 100-mile stretch of the Athabasca River downstream from Fort McMurray in north-eastern Alberta. Fort McKay, approximately 60 kilometres north of Fort McMurray. Fort McKay is inhabited by the Fort McKay First Nation or Treaty Indians, (both Chipewyan and Cree), as well as Métis and non-Status Indians. The central focus for the study arose out of the Treaty 8 promise: "As long as the sun shines and the rivers flow and the hills don't move, no curtailment of any game regulation will be imposed, and you will be free to hunt, trap and fish as you wish." The study was done using participatory research methods in which elders in the community were invited by local interviewers to share their stories about how they lived in the land. The elders who shared their knowledge in this project wish that it be shared both within the community and beyond. They hope that it will influence land use decisions and the choices young people make about their education and careers. Recommendations at the basic level call for use of this book as an educational resource in the Fort McKay School and in all Fort McKay families. Secondly, they call for steps to enable the establishment of a co-management regime to promote conservation and sustainable development of the four major intensive use areas identified in the research. Further recommendations are aimed at recovery of the First Nation' trapline land base and the establishment of a local centre for traditional knowledge - a TEK centre. The shared information was organized at four levels: 1. Basic (the maps themselves); 2. Overlays (all maps superimposed) showing coherent organization of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK); 3. Regional use patterns; 4. The relationships for co-management and co-planning within the study area of about 15,000 square miles (38,400 square kilometres).