The Arctic Athabaskan Council is an international treaty organization established to represent the interests of United States and Canadian Athabaskan member First Nation governments in Arctic Council fora, and to foster a greater understanding of the common heritage of all Athabaskan peoples of Arctic North America. The founding members of AAC include four Alaskan Athabaskan communities (Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, Healy Lake Traditional Council (Mendas Cha~Ag), Stevens Village Tribal Government Council, Northway Tribal Council) - and three Athabaskan representative bodies on the Canadian side - the Council of Yukon First Nations, representing eleven Yukon First Nations; the Dene Nation, representing 30 First Nations in the Northwest Territories and northern Manitoba; and Métis Nation-Northwest Territories, representing 13 communities in the Northwest Territories.