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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.
In 1982 the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN) negotiated the land claims agreement with the federal government. Voting in the Northwest Territories determined the creation of Nunavut with a passing vote of 56%. The TFN and representatives from the federal and territorial governments signed the land claims agreement-in-principle in 1990.
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.
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.
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.
The pinnacle of Steen's municipal career, came when he was elected mayor of Tuktoyaktuk for a year in 1980. Four years later he became a board member of the Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation. His last board posting was as Chief of the Inuvialuit Land Administration Committee for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, from 1986 until 1989. [1]
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 ...
The Inuvialuit (sing. Inuvialuk; ... the Inuvialuit now number approximately 3,100. [5] [6] ... The area of the land covered by the Inuvialuit Settlement Region is ...