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Canadian Gov and COPE
The Canadian Government and the Committee for Original Peoples' Entitlement(COPE), reached a land Claim Agreement-in-Principle. -
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Land Claims
Ten years of negotiations, coming into effect by June 25, 1984. Being the one of the First Comprehensive land claim agreements passed the 60th parallel north. The Inuvialuit Agreed to give up their ancestral lands in exchange for specific rights.
Their goal was to preserve Inuvialuit cultural, identity, and values within the changing society, as well as protect the Arctic wildlife, environment,and Biologically. -
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Their Land
The Inuvialuit had title to more than 90000 km^2 traditional Land and received 152 million dollars in capital from the Canadian Government. They were provided with wildlife harvesting, hunting Game animal rights, and exclusive right to harvest furbearers in the Region.
The Inuvialuit are the Inuit of the Western Canadian Arctic.
The Government of Canada and the Inuvialuit people were the only two involved in this agreement. -
SIgnning
Was the signing of this Agreement. -
The Gwich'in
The Gwich'in and the Inuvialuit developed and submitted a joint proposal to The Canadian Government for Self-Government. -
The Approval
The Canadian government approved it. -
All Parties
All parties signed the Self-government agreement. -
Gwich'in Separate
The Gwich'in seeked to separate -
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Negotiate
negotiate a comprehensive Agreement-in-Principle -
Setting of Negotiations
Inuvialuit Process and Schedule Agreement is signed by Canada, the territorial government and the Inuvialuit, setting up the negotiations for the parties. -
Chief Initial Self-Government
The Chief Negotiators initial the legal text of the Inuvialuit Self-Government Agreement-in-Principle. -
Signing Self-government
The Parties sign the Inuvialuit Self-Government Agreement-in-Principle and begin negotiation of the final Inuvialuit Self-Government Agreement.