n s A gre em e nt B etween the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area a nd Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada AGREEMENTAGRBEENaEsE MamENeT nBETWEENEdTWed EEN THETHITHEE INUITINU OFOF THETHE NUNAVUTNUNAVUT SETTLEMENTSETTTEALEMENT AREAAR ANAANDND HHERER MMAJESTYAJESTYYRI TTHEHE QQUEENUEEN IINN RIGHTRIDAGHT OFOF CANADACANADA AASS AMENDEDAMENDED CONSOLIDATEDCONCONSOLIDATED VERSION VERSION SI (amendments(amendments iincludedncluutoded hereinherein areare uupp to January 29, 2009) CONSOLIDATED VERSION (amendments included herein are up to January 29, 2009) Printed May, 2013 13 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INUIT OF THE NUNAVUT SETTLEMENT AREA AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA Published under the joint authority of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians Ottawa, 2010 www.tunngavik.com 1-888-646-0006 www.ainc-inac.gc.ca 1-800-567-9604 TTY only 1-866-553-0554 QS-8484-001-EE-A1-1 Catalogue No R32-134/2010E ISBN 978-1-100-15387-3 © Joint Copyright 2010: Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians. Cette publication est aussi disponible en français sous le titre : L’accord entre les Inuit de la région du Nunavut et Sa Majesté la Reine du chef du Canada, tel que modifié. TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS PART PAGE PART 1 General . 3 ARTICLE 2: GENERAL PROVISIONS PART 1 Principles and Objectives . 11 PART 2 Status as a Land Claims Agreement . 11 PART 3 Merger . 11 PART 4 Ratification . 11 PART 5 Coming into Force . 11 PART 6 Undertakings as to Further Legislative Action . 11 PART 7 Certainty . 11 PART 8 Languages of the Agreement . 12 PART 9 Interpretation . 12 PART 10 Governmental Powers . 13 PART 11 Invalidity . 13 PART 12 Application of Laws . 14 PART 13 Amending the Agreement . 14 PART 14 Suits on Behalf of Inuit . 14 PART 15 Indemnity . 15 PART 16 Disclosure of Information . 16 PART 17 Inuit Lands . 16 ARTICLE 3: NUNAVUT SETTLEMENT AREA PART 1 Description . 17 PART 2 Area A . 17 PART 3 Area B . 19 PART 4 Map . 20 PART 5 Greater Certainty . 20 SCHEDULE 3-1 Map of the Nunavut Settlement Area . 21 ARTICLE 4: NUNAVUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT PART 1 General . 23 iii ARTICLE 5: WILDLIFE PART 1 General . 25 PART 2 Establishment of Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB) . 28 PART 3 Decisions . 34 PART 4 Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study . 37 PART 5 Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study . 38 PART 6 Harvesting . 39 PART 7 Special Features of Inuit Harvesting . 46 PART 8 Rights of First Refusal and to Use Government Land . 53 PART 9 International and Domestic Interjurisdictional Agreements . 54 SCHEDULES 5-1 Big Game . 56 5-2 Furbearers . 56 5-3 Migratory Birds . 56 5-4 Oath of Office for Members of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board . 58 5-5 Terms of Reference for the Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study . 58 5-6 Right of First Refusal Regarding Sports and Naturalist Lodges . 58 ARTICLE 6: WILDLIFE COMPENSATION PART 1 Definitions and Interpretation . 61 PART 2 Application . 61 PART 3 General Principle of Liability . 62 PART 4 Procedure for Making a Claim . 62 PART 5 Other Matters . 64 PART 6 Savings . 64 ARTICLE 7: OUTPOST CAMPS PART 1 Definitions and Interpretation . 65 PART 2 Crown Lands Available for Outpost Camps . 65 PART 3 Tenure of Outpost Camps . 66 PART 4 Government to Make Lands Available . 66 PART 5 General Rights . 66 PART 6 Other Matters . 66 ARTICLE 8: PARKS PART 1 Definitions . 69 PART 2 National Parks . 69 PART 3 Territorial Parks . 71 PART 4 General Provisions Applicable to Both National Parks and Territorial Parks . 72 iv SCHEDULES 8-1 Auyuittuq National Park . 76 8-2 National Park - Ellesmere Island . 76 8-3 Matters Appropriate for Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreements in Relation to Parks . 76 ARTICLE 9: CONSERVATION AREAS PART 1 Definition . 79 PART 2 General . 79 PART 3 Conservation and Management . 80 PART 4 Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreements and Other Matters . 80 PART 5 Thelon Game Sanctuary . 81 PART 6 Application . 82 SCHEDULES 9-1 Existing Conservation Areas . 83 9-2 Parcels of Inuit Owned Lands Within Existing Conservation Areas . 84 9-3 Parcels of Inuit Owned Lands That May Be Within Conservation Areas in the Future . 84 ARTICLE 10: LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS PART 1 Timetable . 87 PART 2 Manner of Implementation . 87 PART 3 Additional Duties . 87 PART 4.