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The ISR includes both Crown Lands and Inuvialuit Private Lands. Most of the ISR is represented by Nunakput, the territorial electoral district, meaning "our land" in Inuvialuktun. [5] The ISR is one of the four Inuit regions of Canada, collectively known as Inuit Nunangat, [6] represented by the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK).
Canadian colonization extended in to Inuit Nunangat via the lands claimed as Rupert's Land, North-Western Territory and Quebec, later including Newfoundland and Labrador. Rapid spread of diseases, material wealth, the Christian churches and Canadian ( Royal Canadian Mounted Police ) policing [ 12 ] saw a rapid decline and collapse of Inuit ...
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 .
English: Locator map showing full (c. 2019) extent of the Inuvialuit settlement region across Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada. Boundaries derived from textual and federal government sources. Boundaries derived from textual and federal government sources.
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 ...
English: Locator map showing current (c. 2019) Indigenous settlement regions in Northwest Territories, Canada. Boundaries derived from written descriptions where possible. Physical geography derived from NaturalEarth dataset.
Inuvialuit still use the island seasonally for hunting, fishing, and as a place to camp while travelling. In 1978, a land claims agreement was reached in principle between the Inuvialuit and the Government of Canada. By 1984, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA), which led to the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, was in place.
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