The Nunavut Agreement is an agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Region and Her Majesty the Queen of Canada. In 1990, the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut and representatives of the federal and territorial governments signed a land claims agreement-in-principle. This document would establish the boundaries between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. In 1993, the Nunavut Agreement was signed and passed by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent. The Nunavut Agreement is the largest land claims agreement in Canadian history, covering 1/5 of Canada`s landmass. The NLCA negotiations were a comprehensive process that spanned 20 years and took place during the terms of four prime ministers. The Inuit negotiators did not give in once to their main goal – self-government and a territory in their own right – and were willing to sacrifice the claim instead of signing an agreement that did not contain these points. We discuss significant land claims in Canada in our courses – if you`d like to learn more about land claims and how they affect indigenous advice and engagement, contact us for more information. AND CONSIDERING that the Parties have negotiated this Land Claims Agreement, which is based on the following objectives and reflects the following objectives: Polar bears and their habitat are protected in Auyuittuq, Quttinirpaaq, Sirmilik, Ukkusiksalik and Qausuittuq National Parks. Under the Canada National Parks Act, Parks Canada protects important maternal and coastal summer pools in parks and prohibits the harassment and hunting of wildlife by non-Nunavut Inuit. All quotas for the Inuit harvest set out in the Nunavut Agreement apply to national parks.
Agreements have been signed between the regional Inuit associations and Parks Canada on the impact and benefits that affect each park and create a framework for the cooperative management of each park. These agreements allow Nunavut Agreement recipients to hunt polar bears in parks in accordance with the rules and quotas established by the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. They also include provisions for the emergency killing of polar bears, including prevention and safety, compensation, the impact on Nunavut`s polar bear quota, and the obligation to make reasonable efforts to preserve the skin and flesh from emergency killing for Inuit use. Tagak Curley, from the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, presented the study on Inuit use and occupation to the Canadian government. The study showed where Inuit lived today and where their ancestors lived. He also explained how the land is and has been used. Without this evidence, the federal government would not begin negotiating a land claim with the Inuit. Kangikhiteagumaven: Plain Language Guide to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement CONSIDERING that inuit, represented by the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut, assert an Aboriginal claim to the Nunavut Settlement Area, as described in particular in Section 3, because of their traditional and current use and occupation of the lands, the water and fast ice they contain in accordance with their own customs and customs; 2) The NLCA grants ownership of Inuit-owned properties of approximately 350,000 square kilometres (out of Nunavut`s total area of 1.9 million square kilometres), of which approximately 35,000 square kilometres contain mineral rights In 1973, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) began researching the use and occupation of Inuit lands in the Arctic. Three years later, in 1976, the ITC proposed the idea of creating a territory of Nunavut and the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission, which recommended dividing the Northwest Territories into two electoral districts: the Western Arctic (now the Northwest Territories) and Nunatsiaq (now Nunavut). The Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN) negotiated the Land Claims Agreement with the federal government in 1982. The vote in the Northwest Territories determined the creation of Nunavut with a majority of 56%.
The TFN and representatives of the federal and regional governments signed the Basic Land Claims Agreement in 1990. In 1992, the TFN and federal negotiators agreed on the essential elements of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. On the 25th. In May 1993, Paul Quassa, then President of the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut, Brian Mulroney, then Prime Minister of Canada, and Tom Siddon, then Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, signed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. On July 9, 1993, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Nunavut Act were passed by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent. In 1998, amendments to the Nunavut Act were passed by Parliament and received Royal Assent. .
