AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN: The Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area as represented by the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut AND: Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada. WHEREAS the Inuit represented by the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut assert an aboriginal title to the Nunavut Settlement Area, more particularly described in Article 3, based on their traditional and current use and occupation of the lands, waters and land-fast ice therein in accordance with their own customs and usages; AND WHEREAS the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, and treaty rights includes rights that may be acquired by way of land claims agreements; AND WHEREAS the Parties agree on the desirability of negotiating a land claims agreement through which Inuit shall receive defined rights and benefits in exchange for surrender of any claims, rights, title and interests based on their assertion of an aboriginal title; AND WHEREAS the Parties have negotiated this land claims Agreement 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;

AND WHEREAS the Inuit, in a vote held on November 3 to 6, 1992, approved the Agreement and authorized it to be signed by the duly appointed officers of the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut; AND WHEREAS following the Inuit ratification vote the Parties completed the text of Article 40 and certain other parts of the Agreement and finalized the text for purposes of clarity, all pursuant to their authority under the Agreement as approved by the Inuit ratification vote; AND WHEREAS Cabinet authorized the Minister to sign the Agreement; AND IN RECOGNITION of the contributions of Inuit to Canada's history, identity and sovereignty in the Arctic; NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

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:..: AN AGREEMENT :.ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONSARTICLE 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONSARTICLE 3 - NUNAVUT SETTLEMENT AREAARTICLE 4 - NUNAVUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTARTICLE 5 - WILDLIFEARTICLE 6 - WILDLIFE COMPENSATIONARTICLE 7 - OUTPOST CAMPSARTICLE 8 - PARKSARTICLE 9 - CONSERVATION AREASARTICLE 10 - LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONSARTICLE 11 - LAND USE PLANNINGARTICLE 12 - DEVELOPMENT IMPACTARTICLE 13 - WATER MANAGEMENTARTICLE 14 - MUNICIPAL LANDSARTICLE 15 - MARINE AREASARTICLE 16 - OUTER LAND FAST ICE ZONE - EAST BAFFIN COASTARTICLE 17 - PURPOSES OF INUIT OWNED LANDSARTICLE 18 - PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE IDENTIFICATION OF INUIT OWNED LANDSARTICLE 19 - TITLE TO INUIT OWNED LANDSARTICLE 20 - INUIT WATER RIGHTSARTICLE 21 - ENTRY AND ACCESSARTICLE 22 - REAL PROPERTY TAXATIONARTICLE 23 - INUIT EMPLOYMENT WITHIN GOVERNMENTARTICLE 24 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTSARTICLE 25 - RESOURCE ROYALTY SHARINGARTICLE 26 - INUIT IMPACT AND BENEFIT AGREEMENTSARTICLE 27 - NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTARTICLE 28 - NORTHERN ENERGY AND MINERALS ACCORDSARTICLE 29 - CAPITAL TRANSFERARTICLE 30 - GENERAL TAXATIONARTICLE 31 - THE NUNAVUT TRUSTARTICLE 32 - NUNAVUT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCILARTICLE 33 - ARCHAEOLOGYARTICLE 34 - ETHNOGRAPHIC OBJECTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALSARTICLE 35 - ENROLMENTARTICLE 36 - RATIFICATIONARTICLE 37 - IMPLEMENTATIONARTICLE 38 - ARBITRATIONARTICLE 39 - INUIT ORGANIZATIONSARTICLE 40 - OTHER ABORIGINAL PEOPLESARTICLE 41 - CONTWOYTO LAKE LANDSARTICLE 42 - MANITOBA AND MARINE AREA EAST OF MANITOBA