Nunavut Land Claims Agreement

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Indigenous land claims agreement comprehensive land claim land claims agreement modern treaty

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement canonical	2
Nunavut Final Agreement	1
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act (implementing legislation context)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous land claims agreement ⓘ comprehensive land claim ⓘ land claims agreement ⓘ modern treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ⓘ surface form: Nunavut Final Agreement Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Nunavut Settlement Area 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	Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated ⓘ surface form: 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	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ Inuit ⓘ surface form: Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 Land Claims Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nunavut Final Agreement

Nunavut Land Claims Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Nunavut Land Claims Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act (implementing legislation context)