Nunavut Land Claims Agreement

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The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement is a landmark modern treaty that established the territory of Nunavut and set out Inuit land ownership, resource rights, and self-governance arrangements in Canada’s Arctic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous land claims agreement ⓘ
comprehensive land claim ⓘ
land claims agreement ⓘ
modern treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nunavut Final Agreement ⓘ
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act (implementing legislation context) ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup Inuit ⓘ
beneficiaryOrganization Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated ⓘ
cameIntoForceDate 1993-07-09 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
createdOrganization Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated ⓘ
establishedTerritory Nunavut ⓘ
geographicScope Nunavut Settlement Area ⓘ
linked to: Nunavut

eastern Arctic ⓘ
parts of the Northwest Territories (pre-1999) ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
territorial ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
legalBasisFor Inuit impact and benefit agreements for major projects ⓘ
Inuit land ownership in Nunavut Settlement Area ⓘ
Inuit participation in resource management ⓘ
Inuit wildlife harvesting rights ⓘ
creation of the territory of Nunavut ⓘ
establishment of Nunavut Impact Review Board ⓘ
establishment of Nunavut Planning Commission ⓘ
establishment of Nunavut Water Board ⓘ
establishment of Nunavut Wildlife Management Board ⓘ
public government institutions in Nunavut ⓘ
partOf Canadian modern treaty framework ⓘ
predecessorOrganization Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut ⓘ
recognizedInuitOwnedLandArea approximately 350000 square kilometres ⓘ
recognizedInuitSubsurfaceRightsArea approximately 35000 square kilometres ⓘ
relatedConcept Canadian Arctic sovereignty ⓘ
Canadian constitutional order ⓘ
Inuit self-determination ⓘ
relatedTerritoryCreationDate 1999-04-01 ⓘ
signatory Government of Canada ⓘ
Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
signingDate 1993-05-25 ⓘ
subjectArea economic development ⓘ
environmental assessment ⓘ
heritage resources ⓘ
land ownership ⓘ
mineral rights ⓘ
offshore resource participation ⓘ
parks and conservation areas ⓘ
resource rights ⓘ
self-governance ⓘ
water management ⓘ
wildlife management ⓘ

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Crown-Indigenous treaties in Canada → includes → Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut → createdBy → Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ⓘ
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Nunavut Final Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act (implementing legislation context) ⓘ
linked to: Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
Nunavut Act → relatedTo → Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ⓘ
Nunavut Act → implementsInPart → Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ⓘ