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 - DEFINITIONS ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 3 - NUNAVUT SETTLEMENT AREA ARTICLE 4 - NUNAVUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE 5 - WILDLIFE ARTICLE 6 - WILDLIFE COMPENSATION ARTICLE 7 - OUTPOST CAMPS ARTICLE 8 - PARKS ARTICLE 9 - CONSERVATION AREAS ARTICLE 10 - LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS ARTICLE 11 - LAND USE PLANNING ARTICLE 12 - DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ARTICLE 13 - WATER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE 14 - MUNICIPAL LANDS ARTICLE 15 - MARINE AREAS ARTICLE 16 - OUTER LAND FAST ICE ZONE - EAST BAFFIN COAST ARTICLE 17 - PURPOSES OF INUIT OWNED LANDS ARTICLE 18 - PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE IDENTIFICATION OF INUIT OWNED LANDS ARTICLE 19 - TITLE TO INUIT OWNED LANDS ARTICLE 20 - INUIT WATER RIGHTS ARTICLE 21 - ENTRY AND ACCESS ARTICLE 22 - REAL PROPERTY TAXATION ARTICLE 23 - INUIT EMPLOYMENT WITHIN GOVERNMENT ARTICLE 24 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ARTICLE 25 - RESOURCE ROYALTY SHARING ARTICLE 26 - INUIT IMPACT AND BENEFIT AGREEMENTS ARTICLE 27 - NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE 28 - NORTHERN ENERGY AND MINERALS ACCORDS ARTICLE 29 - CAPITAL TRANSFER ARTICLE 30 - GENERAL TAXATION ARTICLE 31 - THE NUNAVUT TRUST ARTICLE 32 - NUNAVUT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ARTICLE 33 - ARCHAEOLOGY ARTICLE 34 - ETHNOGRAPHIC OBJECTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS ARTICLE 35 - ENROLMENT ARTICLE 36 - RATIFICATION ARTICLE 37 - IMPLEMENTATION ARTICLE 38 - ARBITRATION ARTICLE 39 - INUIT ORGANIZATIONS ARTICLE 40 - OTHER ABORIGINAL PEOPLES ARTICLE 41 - CONTWOYTO LAKE LANDS ARTICLE 42 - MANITOBA AND MARINE AREA EAST OF MANITOBA