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AGREEMENT PRINCIPLE BETWEEN INUIT NUNAVUT SETTLEMENT AREA HER MAJESTY RIGHT CANADA [1 record]

Record 1 2024-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

[This land claims agreement-in-principle was negotiated in 1990] based on and reflecting the following objectives: to provide for certainty and clarity of rights to ownership and use of lands and resources, and of rights for Inuit to participate in decision-making concerning the use, management and conservation of land, water and resources, including the offshore; to provide Inuit with wildlife harvesting rights and rights to participate in decision-making concerning wildlife harvesting; to provide Inuit with financial compensation and means of participating in economic opportunities; to encourage self-reliance and the cultural and social well-being of Inuit.

Key term(s)
  • Agreement in principle between the Inuit of the Nunavut settlement area and Her Majesty in Right of Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

L'Entente de principe sur ces revendications territoriales a été négociée [en 1990] à la lumière et dans la perspective des objectifs qui suivent : déterminer avec certitude et clarifier quels sont les droits de propriété et d'aménagement du territoire et des ressources et les droits des Inuit de participer à la prise des décisions concernant l'utilisation, la gestion et la conservation des terres, des eaux et des ressources, y compris au large des côtes; garantir aux Inuit des droits d'exploitation de la faune et la participation à la prise des décisions concernant l'exploitation de la faune; assurer aux Inuit des indemnités financières et leur donner des moyens de participer aux possibilités économiques; favoriser l'autonomie et le bien-être culturel et social des Inuit.

Key term(s)
  • Entente de principe entre les Inuits de la région du Nunavut et Sa Majesté du chef du Canada

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