((CBC)) On July 9, 1993, Parliament passed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut ... carving out a new jurisdiction on Canada's map from what was then part of the Northwest ...

The federal government has committed to spend $1.5 billion over 10 years to carry out promises it made in the Nunavut land claim agreement. Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, federal Crown-Indigenous ...

Nunavut Day, celebrated every year on July 9, commemorates Nunavut as a distinct territory in Canada. Once a part of the Northwest Territories that was created in 1870, this homeland of Canada's ...

Cathy Towtongie, president of NTI, said over the past 20 years, Inuit have changed the map ... Nunavut Sivuniksavut, a post-secondary school based in Ottawa, teaches the land claims agreement ...

Under Nunavut's Land Claims Agreement, at any time after 20 years, a referendum may be held on whether to maintain or change the territory's leasehold title system. The territory's last land ...

Creation of Nunavut part of a land claim settlement and was the first major change to Canada's map since Newfoundland ... Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act received royal assent ...

The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement earned for Canada the praise of the international community for dealing fairly with its Arctic aboriginal people. It provided financial compensation to Inuit and ...

Nunavut, which is a massive, sparsely populated territory of northern Canada, is known for its indigenous Inuit people’s artwork, carvings and handmade clothing. It forms most of the Canadian ...

The creation of Nunavut was part of a land claim settlement and was the first major change to Canada’s map since Newfoundland and Labrador ... the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act ...