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The Inuvialuit Settlement Region, abbreviated as ISR (Inuinnaqtun: Inuvialuit Nunangit Sannaiqtuaq – INS; French: Région désignée des Inuvialuit – RDI), located in Canada's western Arctic, was designated in 1984 in the Inuvialuit Final Agreement by the Government of Canada for the Inuvialuit people.
Inuvik / ɪ ˈ n uː v ɪ k / (place of man) is the only town [9] in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories.Located in what is sometimes called the Beaufort Delta Region, [10] it serves as the region's administrative and service centre.
Land and self-government treaties with First Nations, Inuvialuit , and Métis groups recognise a significant amount of authority for their governments to manage land use within agreed-upon areas. These areas are each much larger than the area fully owned by the indigenous government.
The area of the land covered by the Inuvialuit Settlement Region is 521,707.68 km 2 (201,432.46 sq mi). Aklavik ( Aklavik Indian Band , Ehdiitat Gwich’in Council ) and Inuvik ( Nihtat Gwich’in Council ) are shared with the Gwich’in people, who are represented by the Gwich’in Tribal Council .
Aklavik is one of the few places in the NWT to be included within two different land claims areas, being part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and the Gwich'in Settlement Region. [11] [12] The Inuvialuit, whose claim, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement was settled in 1984, [13] are represented by the Aklavik Community Corporation. It forms part ...
Makivvik's principal responsibility is the administration of Inuit lands and the over CA$120 million in compensation funds it has received under the terms of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975 and the more recent offshore Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement that came into effect in 2008.
Nunatsiavut's land claim includes the area surrounding Hamilton Inlet and the coastline north to a point south of Davis Inlet; the Mulligan River also forms part of the boundary. It also claims the land north of the Notakwanon River and as far north as Cape Chidley. Nunatsiavut is the southernmost recognized Inuit territory in Canada.
At Saunaktuk ("place of bones"), [6] a site in the western "finger" area, [7] remains of at least 35 Inuvialuit women, elderly and children were found dating to the 14th or 15th century. The remains exhibited signs of violence and possibly cannibalism, and are consistent with Inuvialuit oral histories describing a Dene attack at that site.