Inuvialuit Settlement Region

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Indigenous territory administrative region land claim area

The Inuvialuit Settlement Region is a land-claim area in Canada’s western Arctic where the Inuvialuit people hold specific rights to land, resources, and self-governance.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous territory ⓘ
administrative region ⓘ
land claim area ⓘ
borders Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Beaufort Sea ⓘ
climate Arctic climate ⓘ
contains Aklavik ⓘ
Yellowknife ⓘ
surface form: Inuvik

Paulatuk ⓘ
Sachs Harbour ⓘ
Tuktoyaktuk ⓘ
Ulukhaktok ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Inuvialuit
governedBy Inuvialuit Game Council ⓘ
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
oil and gas exploration ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Inuvialuktun ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Inuvialuit Final Agreement ⓘ
hasMainEconomicActivity subsistence harvesting ⓘ
hasRight land ownership rights ⓘ
resource management rights ⓘ
self-governance rights ⓘ
wildlife harvesting rights ⓘ
hasWildlife beluga whales ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
seals ⓘ
includesFeature Arctic islands ⓘ
Beaufort Sea ⓘ
surface form: Beaufort Sea coast

Mackenzie River delta ⓘ
surface form: Mackenzie Delta
legalStatus settlement region under modern treaty ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Territories ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
western Canadian Arctic ⓘ
namedAfter Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Inuvialuit people
partOf Inuit Nunangat ⓘ
surface form: Arctic Canada

Inuvialuit Final Agreement ⓘ
purpose to enable Inuvialuit participation in economic development ⓘ
to preserve Inuvialuit cultural identity ⓘ
to secure Inuvialuit rights to land and resources ⓘ
recognizedAs settlement area under comprehensive land claim ⓘ
recognizedBy Constitution of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Constitution
treatySigned 1984 ⓘ
treatyWith Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada

Referenced by (2)

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

Inuit → hasPopulationRegion → Inuvialuit Settlement Region ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → region → Inuvialuit Settlement Region ⓘ